Lawley Street railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Birmingham, West Midlands}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Lawley Street

| status = Disused

| image = Birmingham MMB 03 Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal.jpg

| caption = An ex-Fastline {{brc|66}} locomotive stands in the Lawley Street Freightliner Terminal, on the site of the old station.

| borough = Bordesley, Birmingham

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.4826|-1.8750|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SP085871|25|SP085871}}

| original = Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

| pregroup = Midland Railway

| years = 10 February 1842

| events = Opened{{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_lawley_street/|title=Station Name: Birmingham Lawley Street|work=Disused Stations|access-date=1 April 2017}}

| years1 = 1 March 1851

| events1 = Closed to passengers{{cite book|last=Butt|first=R.V.J.|year=1995|title=The Directory of Railway Stations|location=Yeovil|publisher=Patrick Stephens|isbn=9781852605087|oclc=832733511}}{{page needed|date=April 2017}}

}}

Lawley Street railway station was opened in Birmingham, England on 10 February 1842,{{cite news |author= |title=On Wednesday Last... |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000196/18420214/008/0003 |newspaper=Aris’s Birmingham Gazette |location=England |date=14 February 1842 |access-date=25 October 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway.

The B&DJR had opened on 12 August 1839 with a line to Hampton, where it met the London and Birmingham Railway for passengers from Derby and the North East. Trains would reverse for Birmingham and travel into Curzon Street.

File:Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway map.jpg

This gave problems from the start and, although it had been planned to run direct through a junction near Stechford, this was not proceeded with. Permission was sought for a new line, via the Tame valley, to a new station nearby.

In 1842, a new line was opened with a new terminus at Lawley Street. This proceeded from a junction at Whitacre with stations at Forge Mills (later renamed Coleshill), Water Orton and Castle Bromwich.

In 1851, the Midland Railway once more began to use Curzon Street with a new spur between Landor Street Junction and Derby Junction. Lawley Street then became a goods depot.{{cite book|last=Pixton|first=B.|year=2005|title=Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route|publisher=Runpast Publishing|isbn=9781870754637|oclc=63136070}}{{page needed|date=April 2017}}