Saltley railway station

Saltley
1930s ticket from Saltley to Birmingham New Street
Location
Place	Saltley, Birmingham, England
Coordinates	52°29′35″N 1°51′51″W / 52.4931°N 1.8643°WCoordinates: 52°29′35″N 1°51′51″W / 52.4931°N 1.8643°W
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1854	Station opened
4 March 1968	Station closed[1]
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Saltley railway station was a railway station in Saltley, Birmingham, England, opened by the Midland Railway in 1854 and rebuilt in 1899.

Consisting of an island platform, it was on the line into Birmingham New Street from Water Orton. It closed to all traffic in 1968.^[2]

Up freight approaching Saltley in 1962

Motive Power Depot

One of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946

Class 4F outside one of the roundhouses at Saltley in 1946

Saltley depot in 1984

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Saltley station was the site of a large roundhouse motive power depot established by the Midland Railway in 1868. This was doubled in size in 1876, by the addition of a second roundhouse, and a third was added in 1900.^[3] The depot was re-roofed by British Railways in 1951, but closed on 6 March 1967 and demolished. The shed yard was used for stabling diesel locomotives until at least 1999.^[4] Under the London Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways Saltley had the shed code 21A. As a diesel stabling depot it was SY.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
3. Griffiths, Roger (1999). Directory of British Engine Sheds: 1. Oxford Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 0-86093-542-6.
4. Griffiths (1999), 160.