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Rotton Park Road railway station

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Place
  
Edgbaston

1874 (1874)
  
Opened

Original company
  
Harborne Railway

Area
  
Birmingham

1934 (1934)
  
Closed

Platforms in use
  
2

Rotton Park Road railway station

Pre-grouping
  
London and North Western Railway

Similar
  
Icknield Port Road railway st, Newton Road railway st, Hockley (Birmingham) railway st, Granville Street railway st

Rotton Park Road railway station was a railway station in England, built by the Harborne Railway and operated by the London and North Western Railway in 1874.

It served Summerfield and part of the Edgbaston area of Birmingham and was located near to the junction of Rotton Park Road and Gillott Road.

Initially single track, the steady growth in traffic meant that a passing loop was installed in 1903, when a spur to Mitchells & Butlers Brewery was also added. However, from the beginning of the 20th century, the introduction of road transport, especially Birmingham Corporation Tramways, caused passenger numbers to fall away.

The station closed in 1934, and there is little evidence of the station on the ground today. The trackbed through the station is now part of the Harborne Nature Walk.

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Rotton Park Road railway station Wikipedia