Penns railway station is a disused

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

which served the village of Walmley in Sutton Coldfield when it was in the historic county of

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

, now the West Midlands. The station was opened in 1879 and was located on the Midland Railway Company's

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- Water Orton Branch as the first station on the line after leaving their Birmingham to Derby line between

Castle Bromwich Castle Bromwich () is a large suburban village situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of the West Midlands. It is bordered by the rest of the borough to the south east; also Sutton Coldfield to the east and ...

and Water Orton. The line then developed into the Sutton Park Line. In 1965, the station closed and was demolished the next year as part of the Beeching Axe, which had also resulted in all stations on the same line being closed. The line was retained for freight trains. The only surviving feature of the railway station is Penns Lane Bridge which spans the railway line. The station's site is now taken up by a religious meeting-house and its car park.

References

* * * (for coordinates) Disused railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands Sutton Coldfield Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Beeching closures in England Former Midland Railway stations 1879 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub