Monument Lane railway station

Monument Lane
265px Site of station — central platform ran between tracks manager = London and North Western Railway
Location
Place	Ladywood
Area	Birmingham
Coordinates
Operations
Platforms	2
History
1854	opened
1886	resited
1958	closed
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File:Monument Lane Station map w3200.jpg

1888-9 map of location of the former station

Monument Lane railway station was a railway station in England, built by the London and North Western Railway on their Stour Valley Line in 1854. It served the Ladywood area of Birmingham, and was also the site of a large goods yard and a locomotive shed. In 1886 a new station was opened just north of the first station.

The station closed in 1958, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today. Monument Lane goods yard was adjacent to the East, as was an engine shed with turntable.

There is some evidence of the station on the ground today, as there is a gap in the tracks running currently through the site at the location of an island platform.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Winson Green		London and North Western Railway Stour Valley Line		Birmingham New Street
Icknield Port Road		Harborne Railway Harborne Branch Line		Birmingham New Street

References

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Monument Lane railway station
• Warwickshire Railways: Monument Lane Station
• British History Online: Birmingham Communications
• Disused Stations