Forge Mills
'Forge Mills for Coleshill', shortened to 'Forge Mills' in
1904, was opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1842 on their
new Birmingham extension from Whitacre Junction to Lawley Street. The station
was built partly in desperation to boost flagging customer figures following a
prolonged series of crises firstly with the London and Birmingham Railway and
later the Midland Counties Railway over running rights and competition,
respectively.
With the closure of Coleshill station on the Hampton 'Derby
Junction' following grouping, Forge Mills took the name Coleshill and remained
a going concern until the period immediately post-Beeching in 1965. Above we
see a postcard of the station sometime pre-1923 with the Station Road crossing
in the immediate foreground and looking towards Water Orton.
Andrew Doherty
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