Maxstoke | |
Status: | Disused |
Other Name: | Coleshill |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.494°N -1.6884°W |
Original: | Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway |
Pregroup: | Midland Railway |
Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Years: | 1839 |
Events: | Station opens as Coleshill |
Years1: | 1 January 1917 |
Events1: | Closed to passenger traffic |
Years2: | 1923 |
Events2: | Renamed Maxstoke |
Years3: | 30 April 1939 |
Events3: | Station closes |
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.
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.