Monument Lane Station

LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry Barr-Birmingham
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Harborne

Monument Lane station was opened by the LNWR on their New Street - Wolverhampton High Level 'Stour Valley' line in 1854 and, along with the passenger station, facilities were also provided for a sizeable goods yard and loco shed. The station is especially interesting as it was maintained after closure to passengers as a ticketing stop as New Street was classed as an 'open station' (access to it being a public right-of-way) and so no ticket control was provided there.

Thus, stations immediately ringing New Street were used for boarding trains and inspecting and/or selling passengers tickets (Five Ways was also retained in this manner). Furthermore, the Harborne Railway joined the LNWR line at Harborne Junction just along the line from this station and its trains used to stop here on their way to New Street thus it was an 'honorary' fifth station on the Harborne Railway before its destination at New Street. The station closed in 1958.

Andy Doherty

Select an image below to view the larger version with accompanying text:

Ref: lnwrmlsh507 - P Shoesmith Looking towards Wolverhampton as a Stanier Black 5 heads past the yard

Ref: lnwrmlsh1508 - Joe Moss Ex-LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T No 42267 has just left New Street north tunnel

Ref: lnwrmlsh1511 - RS Carpenter LMS 4P 4-4-0 Compound No 1113 runs through the station

Ref: lnwrmlsh1515 - PJ Shoesmith BR-built but to an LMS design 4-6-0 Stanier Black 5 No 44716

Ref: monument_lane_map - Andy Doherty