Winson Green railway station was a

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in Birmingham,

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, built by the London and North Western Railway on their

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in 1876. It served the

Winson Green Winson Green is a loosely defined inner-city area in the west of the city of Birmingham, England. It is part of the ward of Soho. It is the location of HM Prison Birmingham (known locally as Winson Green Prison or "the Green") and of City Hospi ...

area of

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. ''Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham'', discussing railway accidents in the city, notes that: but does not elaborate as to the circumstances. The station closed in 1957, although the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line loop from the

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still runs through the site of the station today. There is some evidence of the station on the ground today, as the two tracks running currently through the site of the station split at the location of an island platform. The station was not the only one to bear the name. Following the closure of Winson Green station, the nearby station was renamed ''Winson Green'' in 1965. However it too was closed in 1972.

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Photos by D J Norton: Winson Green StationBritish History Online: Birmingham Communications

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