Bromford Bridge railway station

Bromford Bridge
Bromford Bridge station in 1962
Location
Place	Bromford
Area	Birmingham
Coordinates	52°30′19″N 1°49′48″W / 52.5053°N 1.8299°W / 52.5053; -1.8299Coordinates: 52°30′19″N 1°49′48″W / 52.5053°N 1.8299°W / 52.5053; -1.8299
Grid reference	SP116897
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
16 May 1842	Station opens as Bromford Forge
1 June 1843	closed
9 March 1896	rebuilt and renamed Bromford Bridge Racecourse
28 June 1965	Station closes[1]
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Bromford Bridge railway station was a railway station in Birmingham opened by the Midland Railway in 1896.

It was built on the site of the previous Bromford Forge railway station which had been opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its new line to Lawley Street railway station in 1842.^[2]

It was on the line from Water Orton and was reopened in 1896, the line by then being connected to Birmingham New Street. It was only used to serve the nearby racecourse, the platforms being on the goods lines to which the "specials" could be brought, clear of the running lines.

It closed in 1965 when the racecourse closed.

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