Vauxhall & Duddeston

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham

Vauxhall & Duddeston was originally opened as 'Vauxhall' Station in 1837 and was the temporary terminus of the Grand Junction Railway from Liverpool via Stafford: the first railway to reach Birmingham! When the permanent terminus opened at Curzon Street in 1839, "Vauxhall" became a goods-only station until it was rebuilt and opened in 1869 under the LNWR, who had absorbed the GJR in 1846.

It was renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston Station in 1889 before finally becoming just 'Duddeston' today. The LNWR station caught fire in the mid-1950s and was subsequently rebuilt although the 'new' station looked barely better than the one it replaced.

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Ref: lnwrvd1505 - Illustrated London News Original Grand Junction temporary terminus

Ref: lnwrvd1485 - JD Norton Long view of LNWR station

Ref: lnwrvd1486 - JD Norton Close up of 'new' station

Ref: lnwrvd1487 - JD Norton Close up of LNWR station

Ref: lnwrvd98 - Anon Looking towards Aston

Ref: lnwrvd98a - Anon Close up showing goods yard

Ref: lnwrvd98b - Anon Close up showing 'new' station

Map - Andy Doherty Rails Around Birmingham