Bromford Bridge railway station
| Bromford Bridge | |
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Bromford Bridge station in 1962 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Bromford |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 16 May 1842 | Station opens as Bromford Forge |
| 1 June 1843 | closed |
| 9 March 1896 | rebuilt and renamed Bromford Bridge Racecourse |
| 28 June 1965 | Station closes[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Bromford Bridge railway station was a railway station in Birmingham opened by the Midland Railway in 1896.
It was built on the site of the previous Bromford Forge railway station which had been opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its new line to Lawley Street railway station in 1842.[2]
It was on the line from Water Orton and was reopened in 1896, the line by then being connected to Birmingham New Street. It was only used to serve the nearby racecourse, the platforms being on the goods lines to which the "specials" could be brought, clear of the running lines.
It closed in 1965 when the racecourse closed.
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Coordinates: 52°30′19″N 1°49′47″W / 52.505210°N 1.829722°W
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