Hockley (Birmingham) railway station

Hockley

Hockley station in 1967
Location
Place Hockley
Area Birmingham
Operations
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 4
History
1854 Opened
1972 Closed
1995 Jewellery Quarter station opened a short distance east.
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Hockley was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line, England, serving the Hockley area of Birmingham. It was around one mile from Snow Hill station. Opened in 1854, it lasted for the duration of the line's original life, eventually closing with the line in 1972.[1]


Replacement

When the line was reopened in 1995, Hockley station was not reopened. However a new station; Jewellery Quarter station was opened around 100 yards (91 m) to the east, at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel. On the other side of Icknield Street.[2]

Little trace now remains of the original station, as the site was cleared in the 1990s when the line was reopened.

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Hockley goods depot

Between 1854 and 1967, a large goods depot was situated alongside the station. It was the Great Western Railway's principal goods depot for the Birmingham area. The depot measured three-quarters of a mile long by two to three hundred yards wide. At the western end it had a transshipment interchange with barges on the Soho Loop of the Birmingham Canal. In the 1920s the depot employed over one thousand permanent staff.[3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Birmingham Snow Hill   Great Western Railway
Later British Rail
Birmingham-Wolverhampton (1854-1972)
  Soho and Winson Green

References

  1. Bartholomew's Pocket Atlas and Guide to Birmingham. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew' & Son Ltd. 1949. p. 20.
  2. "Jewellery Quarter station". railaroundbirmingham. Rail around Birmingham. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. "Hockley Goods Depot". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

Coordinates: 52°29′25″N 1°55′01″W / 52.4904°N 1.9169°W / 52.4904; -1.9169

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