Arley & Fillongley Station

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street

Arley & Fillongley station was one of three provided when the line from Nuneaton to Whitacre Junction was opened on 1st November 1864 as part of the Midland Railway's Nuneaton to Birmingham route. The other two stations were Shustoke and Stockingford, all three being built to the same standard design. It initially carried the name Arley but was renamed as Arley & Fillongley on 1st March 1867. The main station buildings were sited on the Birmingham (down) platform and were built using primarily brickwork for the walls with a slate roof. A small goods yard with two sidings was situated on the Birmingham side of with a cattle dock and weighbridge and office being available. The cattle dock was effectively a third short siding opposite of which was a head shunt of reasonable length to shunt wagons into both the cttle dock and the two sidings. Next to the junction of sidings and head shunt was Arley & Fillongley signal box. Access to both the station and goods yard was via Tamworth Road. In addition, an access to the bottom of the goods yard was available off Station Road. The station was closed on 7th November 1960.

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Ref: mraf361 WoW An Edwardian view of Arley & Fillongley station with station staff posed on the down platform

Ref: mraf28 Anon An early 1950s view of an immaculate Arley & Fillongley station still with its Midland Railway name board

Ref: mraf28a Anon Close up showing the passenger facilities which were accommodated in the single storey building on the left

Ref: mraf1066a M Mensing Close up showing some steel bodied open mineral wagons standing on one of the two sidings

Ref: mraf1065 M Mensing Diesel locomotive D298 is seen passing through the closed station on Sunday 10th July 1966

Ref: mraf1066 M Mensing A three-car Craven DMU set passes through the closed station on Sunday 7th April 1963

Ref: mraf363 WoW Reverend John Thomas Stain and his brother William pose on the running plated of MR2-4-0 No 104 circa 1900

Ref: mraf362 WoW An unidentified Colliery locomotive being transported by low loader outside No 63 Gun Hill Arley

Ref: mr-misc001 J Griffiths Illustration of the variety of the oil lamps employed along the route between Castle Bromwich and Stockingford

Ref: mraf365 Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey map showing the location of Arley & Fillongley station and its goods yard in 1930