Maxstoke railway station
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Maxstoke | |||||
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 Maxstoke station platform April 2015 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Other names | Coleshill | ||||
| Location | England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°29′38″N 1°41′18″W / 52.4940°N 1.6884°W | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1839 | Station opens as Coleshill | ||||
| 1 January 1917 | Closed to passenger traffic | ||||
| 1923 | Renamed Maxstoke | ||||
| 30 April 1939 | Station closes | ||||
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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.[citation needed]
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