Kingsbury Station
Kingsbury Station was one of the original stations built by
the Birmingham and Derby Joint Railway (BDJR) in 1839 when the route continued
on to Birmingham via Whitacre and Hampton station. From Hampton BDJR traffic
had to continue to Birmingham on the London to Birmingham metals. The BDJR
merged with the Midland Counties to form the Midland Railway and the subsequent
changes were under the MR's auspices.
Due to the problems of operating over the LNWR (the L&B
having merged with the Grand Junction) with access and pricing issues the MR
quickly built their own line from Water Orton to Birmingham. This was still not
a direct route to Birmingham and, with the increase in traffic, a more direct
route was opened in 1909 which ran from just south of Kingsbury Station to just
before a newly built Water Orton station. This new station was built because
the new junction to Kingsbury had bypassed by a few hundred yards the original
station.
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