Place Handsworth Grid reference SP033893 Post-grouping Great Western Railway | Area City of Birmingham Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms in use 4 | |
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14 November 1854 (1854-11-14) Opened as Handsworth and Smethwick Original company Great Western Railway (Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line) Similar Hockley (Birmingham) railway st, Icknield Port Road railway st, Soho and Winson Green rail, Priestfield railway station, Handsworth Wood railway st | ||
Handsworth & Smethwick was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line. It was opened in 1854.
The station's architecture was reminiscent of that of other stations and was almost exactly the same as Wednesbury and West Bromwich stations.
The station closed in 1972 with the line and much of the site was demolished.
Site today
In 1999, Handsworth Booth Street tram stop was opened on the site of the station, as part of the Midland Metro line. The only signs of the original building are the station toilets, whose doorways are blocked up, on Booth Street.
References
Handsworth and Smethwick railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA