Saltley railway station

Saltley
1930s ticket from Saltley to Birmingham New Street
General information
LocationSaltley, Birmingham
England
Coordinates52°29′36″N 1°51′51″W / 52.4934°N 1.8641°W / 52.4934; -1.8641
Grid referenceSP093883
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1854 (1854-10-01)Opened[1]
4 March 1968 (1968-03-04)Closed[2][page needed]

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.[3][page needed]

Up freight approaching Saltley in 1962
  1. ^ "Station Name: Saltley". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 9781852605087. OCLC 832733511.
  3. ^ Pixton, B. (2005). Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route. Runpast Publishing. ISBN 9781870754637. OCLC 63136070.