Moseley railway station in

Moseley Moseley is a suburb of south Birmingham, England, south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants. The area also has a number of boutiques and ot ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

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, operated from 1867 to 1941.

History

It was opened by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

on the

Camp Hill Line The Camp Hill line is a railway line in Birmingham which lies between Kings Norton on the Cross-City Line and Birmingham New Street via Grand Junction on the main lines from and . Local passenger services on the line were ended in the 1940s, ...

on 1 November 1867. A previously named Moseley station on the same line changed its name to Kings Heath station upon the opening of the station. From 1923, the station was operated by the

London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

. It closed on 27 January 1941 as an economy measure during the Second World War.

Reopening

In 2007 there were proposals to reopen the station and to resume local passenger services along the

, in which case the station would be served by trains between

Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham Moor Street is one of three main railway stations in the city centre of Birmingham, England, along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. Today's Moor Street station is a combination of the original station, opened ...

and

Kings Norton railway station Kings Norton railway station serves the Kings Norton and Cotteridge areas of Birmingham, England. It lies on the Cross-City Line from Redditch and Bromsgrove through Birmingham New Street to Lichfield. The station's main entrance is located on ...

. In 2013 the proposal was shelved indefinitely. In 2016, the newly created

West Midlands Combined Authority The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is a combined authority for the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom. It was established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Ac ...

, revived the plans to restore local passenger services to the line, and declared it one of their priority transport schemes to be delivered by 2025. In 2019, the project to re-open the stations at Moseley,

Kings Heath Kings Heath (historically, and still occasionally King's Heath) is a suburb of south Birmingham, England, four miles south of the city centre. Historically in Worcestershire, it is the next suburb south from Moseley on the A435, Alcester road. ...

and Hazelwell received £15 million in Government funding, with construction due to start in 2020 and aimed for completion in time for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In March 2021 it was announced that funding had been found for the project, with an opening date expected in 2023. The station may be named Moseley or Moseley Village depending on a public consultation. On 14 June 2022, it was announced that the station will be named Moseley Village.

Station masters

*Samuel Bunning 1867 - 1868 (afterwards station master at Collingham, then Beeston, Nottinghamshire) *H. Collyer ???? - 1872 *F. Bassano 1872 - 1873 *H. Leobie 1873 - 1877 *Charles J. Willcox 1877 - 1885 *J. Belcher 1885 - 1889 *Henry Harris 1889 - 1914 - ???? *H.J. Turner 1939 - 1941 (also station master at Brighton-Road, and Camp Hill)

References

Disused railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1941 Former Midland Railway stations Moseley {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub