Harborne
Harborne Station was the terminus of the Harborne Railway
and opened to passengers in August 1874. Harborne Station had a single platform
which unlike the other stations on the line was positioned on the left of a New
Street to Harborne train. In addition to the station there were sidings and a
goods shed. Whilst Monument Lane was the nearest shed, the majority of services
were serviced by locomotives from Aston and Walsall sheds, the latter
reflecting in part that a few services from Harborne to New Street ran on to
Walsall.
A second platform was constructed in 1901 alongside the
run-round loop, but was rarely if ever used. Until 1942 the station was able to
boast of an engine turntable which was replaced by a sand wharf built on its
site. In 1908 a footbridge was constructed which provided both a "through"
route as well as access to the station for the newly constructed development of
Harborne Estates the footpath still being in use today but ending in Frensham
Way near the site of the old turntable.
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