Soho and Winson Green railway station

Soho & Winson Green
The station in March 1967
Location
Place Soho, Birmingham
Area Sandwell & Birmingham
Coordinates 52°29′49″N 1°55′50″W / 52.4970°N 1.9306°W / 52.4970; -1.9306Coordinates: 52°29′49″N 1°55′50″W / 52.4970°N 1.9306°W / 52.4970; -1.9306
Grid reference SP048887
Operations
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 4
History
14 November 1854 Opened as Soho[1]
1893 Renamed as Soho and Winson Green[1]
14 June 1965 Renamed as Winson Green[1]
6 March 1972 Closed[1]
1999 Soho Benson Road tram stop built on site of station.
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Soho & Winson Green was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line, serving the Soho and Winson Green areas. Opened in 1854 as "Soho" station, its name was changed to "Soho and Winson Green" in May 1893, and finally to "Winson Green" on 14 June 1965, following the closure of a nearby station of that name. It was elaborately decorated and had 4 platforms. In 1972, the station closed,[2] along with the entire line.

Soho Benson Road tram stop now sits upon the former station site, as part of the Midland Metro light-rail system.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Hockley   Great Western Railway
Later British Rail
Birmingham-Wolverhampton (1854-1972)		   Handsworth and Smethwick

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Station Name: Winson Green". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Soho & Winson Green Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  • Soho & Winson Green station, at Warwickshire Railways.com
  • Bartholomew's Pocket Atlas and Guide to Birmingham. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew' & Son Ltd. 1949. p. 20. (for coordinates)

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 104-106. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.


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