Somerset Road railway station

Somerset Road railway station was a railway station in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, on the Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway. The station had two platforms and was located in a cutting.

Somerset Road
Location
PlaceEdgbaston
AreaBirmingham
Coordinates52.4577°N 1.9283°W / 52.4577; -1.9283
Grid referenceSP049844
Operations
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
1876Opened[1]
1930Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History
Timetable from Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 8 April 1876

It was opened in 1876.

On 14 May 1897, John Thomas Johnson ran down the incline to the platform, but was unable to stop on reaching the platform and fell in front of the advancing train. Part of his left foot was cut off and his head was injured. He survived the accident.[2]

On 16 February 1901, George Grainger attempted to alight from a train before it had pulled up at Somerset Road station and fell between the footboard and the platform. He was crushed to death.[3]

It closed in 1930 due to lack of patronage.[1]

Station masters
  • Nathaniel Dottoms 1877 - 1878
  • J. Marshall 1878 - 1879
  • J. Ashley 1879 - 1880
  • F. Watkin 1880 - 1881
  • F. Ripley 1881 - 1882
  • James Woodyatt 1882 - 1883
  • W.J. Young 1883
  • T. Clarke 1883 - 1884
  • A. H. Baldwin 1884 - 1886
  • L. Lovell 1886
  • Mr. Taylor 1886 - 1887
  • William Robert Ambler 1887 - 1888
  • Thomas Jones 1888 - 1890
  • H. Lewis 1890 - 1892
  • G. Mackley 1892 - 1893[4] (afterwards station master at Killamarsh)
  • Samuel Pitt 1893 - 1894
  • Albert Edward Mettam 1894 - 1900 (afterwards station master at Brownhills)
  • John Selby 1900[5] - ???? (formerly station master at Streetly)
  • J.E. Abell 1914[6] - ????

Remains

There are virtually no remains of the station, the only one being a bricked up entrance on the Somerset Road bridge over the present Cross-City Line, between the University railway station and Five Ways railway station.[1]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Church Road
Line open, station closed		   Midland Railway
Birmingham West Suburban Railway		   Selly Oak
Line and station open

References
  1. "Somerset Road Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "Singular Accident at a Railway Station". Dundee Courier. England. 17 May 1897. Retrieved 25 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Fatal Accident at Somerset Road". Birmingham Mail. England. 17 February 1901. Retrieved 25 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Midland Railway Station Changes". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 10 July 1893. Retrieved 25 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Streetly". Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle. England. 2 December 1899. Retrieved 25 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. The Railway News. 108: 136. 1917. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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