Maxstoke railway station

Maxstoke
Maxstoke
	Maxstoke station platform April 2015
General information
Other names	Coleshill
Location	England
Coordinates	52°29′38″N 1°41′18″W / 52.4940°N 1.6884°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1839	Station opens as Coleshill
1 January 1917	Closed to passenger traffic
1923	Renamed Maxstoke
30 April 1939	Station closes
Location
Location

Maxstoke railway station was a railway station opened in 1839 as Coleshill by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London. The station served the village of Maxstoke and town of Coleshill in Warwickshire, England.

Coleshill (later Maxstoke) railway station from *The Sketch* 28 August 1907

History

When the BD&JR built its alternative route in Lawley Street in 1842, the line, known as the Stonebridge Railway, lost its importance and the passenger service finished in 1917.^[1]

It was renamed Maxstoke in 1923 (while Forge Mills became Coleshill)

Freight services continued until 30 April 1939.^[2] The track was removed soon after and the station was demolished.

On 24 February 2014, a local volunteer from Birmingham, with the full permission of a local farmer, began uncovering the platform fascia and brickwork.^{[citation needed]}

Stationmasters

P. Gibson ca. 1859, ca. 1866^[3]
Frederick Freeman
William Barber ca. 1868
F. Turner until 1873^[4]
F. Swinnerton 1873 - 1877^[4]
William Reynolds 1877^[4] - 1887^[5] (formerly station master at Hellifield)
Charles Wells 1887^[5] - 1908^[6]
William L. Leary 1908^[6] - ca. 1912

References

↑ "A Picturesque Midland Railway Line". Birmingham Mail. England. 6 January 1917. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "LMS Notice. Withdrawal of Goods Train service to and from Maxstoke". Birmingham Mail. England. 15 April 1939. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "1859–1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 97. 1914. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
1 2 3 "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1871. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
1 2 "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1881. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
1 2 "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 553. 1899. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

Clinker. C. R., (1982) The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, Avon-AngliA Publications and Services.
Whishaw, F., (1840) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.

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[1] "A Picturesque Midland Railway Line". Birmingham Mail. England. 6 January 1917. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "LMS Notice. Withdrawal of Goods Train service to and from Maxstoke". Birmingham Mail. England. 15 April 1939. Retrieved 25 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[MR1859-3] "1859–1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 97. 1914. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[MR1871-4] 1 2 3 "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1871. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[MR1881-5] 1 2 "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 297. 1881. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[MR1899-6] 1 2 "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 553. 1899. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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