Bromford Bridge Station
Bromford Bridge was built on the site of the original
Birmingham & Derby Railway station 'Bromford Forge' station which had only
a short life because of the lack of traffic from the surrounding area. It is
difficult to believe in this day and age that it was in a very rural area of
just green fields with few villages of consequence. This rural environment was
however perfect for the creation of Birmingham's race course which resulted in
the new station of 'Bromford Bridge' to be built at the extremes of Washwood
Heath in 1896.
The station never boasted much in the way of facilities
being similar in operation to other racecourse specific stations throughout the
country, that is, it was only used on race meeting days. The relatively large
signal box, which was a dominant feature of the station, being built on the
down platform was installed to control the approaches to Washwood Heath. The
station closed in June 1965 and today the site is now hidden beneath the shadow
of an elevated section of the M6 motorway and surrounding industrial and retail
sites.
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