Monument Lane railway station was a

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in Birmingham,

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, built by the

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on their Stour Valley Line in 1854. It served the Ladywood area of

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, it was also the site of a large goods yard and a locomotive shed. In 1886, a new station was opened just north of the first station. The station closed in 1958, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the West Coast Main Line still runs through the site of the station today. Monument Lane goods yard was adjacent to the East, as was an engine shed with turntable. There is some evidence of the station on the ground today, as there is a gap in the tracks running currently through the site at the location of an island platform. There were calls for a new station to be built at this site to serve the International Convention Centre but this seems unlikely to happen owing to the Midland Metro extension now running to

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References

British History Online: Birmingham Communications
Disused railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1958 Former London and North Western Railway stations {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub