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London North Western Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Rotton Park
Rotton Park Road station opened on the Harborne Railway in
1874 as the last of the route's four stations before it joined the main line,
often stopping at Monument Lane station, before proceeding on to New Street.
Post World War One the line suffered heavily with time tabling problems due to
its trains being given secondary consideration to late running main line
traffic and many trains were held at Rotton Park until a path was made
available.
This problem, and the ageing rolling stock and locos used,
led to the service being dubbed 'the Harborne Express' as what was a short
journey could take over 30 minutes to complete. Competition from bus and tram
operators was a much speedier option and effectively killed-off the passenger
side of the railway resulting in the closure of Rotton Park Road, and the other
stations, to passengers in 1934. Whilst the line lived-on until 1963 for goods
traffic, Rotton Park was quickly demolished and all that remained was the
passing loop, the only one on the railway, and the remains of the island
platform.
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