Bournville Station

LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Opened in 1876 on the Midland Railway's Birmingham and West Suburban Branch as 'Stirchley Street', the station became 'Stirchley Street and Bournville' in 1880 to be in line with the newly developed, and named, Bournville which was beginning to emerge through the work of George Cadbury who had opened his now famous chocolate factory on a greenfield site in 1879 and was buidling a housing estate for its workers.

In 1888 it became 'Bournville and Sirchley Street' and finally 'Bournville' in 1904. Originally only a single-track station, the line was doubled in 1885 with a new southbound platform being built in a very tight space between the existing line and the Birmingham-Worcester canal hence the rather narrow plaform!

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Ref: mrb476 - DJ Norton The station booking office and entrance seen from Bournville Lane

Ref: mrb477 - DJ Norton Looking towards Birmingham with the main platform buildings on the left

Ref: mrb478 - DJ Norton Looking towards Bristol under Mary Vale Road bridge towards the shed signal box

Ref: mrb489 - Postcard View of Bournville station with the main buildings being located on the up platform

Ref: mrb489a - Postcard Bournville's staff decorate the platform with flower beds, boxes and tubs

Ref: mrb489b - Postcard Close up showing Up platform buildings were in fact two joined together

Ref: mrb488 - Postcard An Edwardian view showing the other side of the overbridge on Bournville Lane

Ref: mrb490 - Postcard View of Cadbury's works and railway system seen from the station

Ref: mrb474 - DJ Norton General view of the station looking towards Birmingham

Ref: mrb2 - WL Good Ex-MR 4-4-0 4P Deeley "Compound" heads a local train near Bournville

Ref: bournville_map - A Doherty Location map of Bournville Station