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Lawley Street railway station was opened in Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
 in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a Great Britain railway company. From Birmingham it connected at Derby with the North Midland Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what became known as the Derby Midland Station#History....
.

The B&DJR had opened on 12 August 1839 with a line to Hampton
Hampton-in-Arden railway station

Hampton-in-Arden railway station serves the village of Hampton-in-Arden in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line between Coventry and Birmingham....
, where it met the London and Birmingham Railway
London and Birmingham Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway....
 for passengers from Derby
Derby Midland railway station

Derby Midland Station is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in England. Owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains, the station is also used by CrossCountry services and one Northern Rail service....
 and the North East. Trains would reverse for Birmingham and travel into Curzon Street
Curzon Street railway station

Curzon Street Station was a railway station in Birmingham in the 19th century and is the world's oldest surviving piece of monumental railway architecture....
.

This gave problems from the start and although it had been planned to run direct through a junction near Stechford
Stechford railway station

Stechford railway station serves the Stechford area of Birmingham, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland....
 this was not proceeded with and permission was sought for a new line via the Tame
River Tame, West Midlands

The River Tame is the main river of the West Midlands, and the most important tributary of the River Trent. The Tame is about 40km from source at Oldbury, West Midlands to its confluence with the Trent near Alrewas, but the main river length of the entire catchment, i.e the Tame and its main tributaries, is about 285 km....
 valley to a new station nearby.

In 1842 a new line was opened with a new terminus at Lawley Street.






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Lawley Street railway station was opened in Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
 in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a Great Britain railway company. From Birmingham it connected at Derby with the North Midland Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what became known as the Derby Midland Station#History....
.

The B&DJR had opened on 12 August 1839 with a line to Hampton
Hampton-in-Arden railway station

Hampton-in-Arden railway station serves the village of Hampton-in-Arden in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line between Coventry and Birmingham....
, where it met the London and Birmingham Railway
London and Birmingham Railway

The London and Birmingham Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom from 1833 until 1846, at which date it became a constituent part of the London and North Western Railway....
 for passengers from Derby
Derby Midland railway station

Derby Midland Station is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in England. Owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains, the station is also used by CrossCountry services and one Northern Rail service....
 and the North East. Trains would reverse for Birmingham and travel into Curzon Street
Curzon Street railway station

Curzon Street Station was a railway station in Birmingham in the 19th century and is the world's oldest surviving piece of monumental railway architecture....
.

This gave problems from the start and although it had been planned to run direct through a junction near Stechford
Stechford railway station

Stechford railway station serves the Stechford area of Birmingham, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland....
 this was not proceeded with and permission was sought for a new line via the Tame
River Tame, West Midlands

The River Tame is the main river of the West Midlands, and the most important tributary of the River Trent. The Tame is about 40km from source at Oldbury, West Midlands to its confluence with the Trent near Alrewas, but the main river length of the entire catchment, i.e the Tame and its main tributaries, is about 285 km....
 valley to a new station nearby.

In 1842 a new line was opened with a new terminus at Lawley Street. This proceeded from a junction at Whitacre
Whitacre Heath

Whitacre Heath is a small village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England.It is one of 'The Whitacres' - Whitacre Heath, Nether Whitacre and Over Whitacre....
 with stations at Forge Mills
Coleshill railway station

Coleshill railway station was a station on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line in England.It was originally opened in 1842 as Forge Mills by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its line from Whitacre Junction to Lawley Street railway station and renamed in 1923....
 (later remamed Coleshill), Water Orton
Water Orton railway station

Water Orton railway station serves Water Orton in Warwickshire, near Birmingham, England. It is owned by Network Rail, and managed by London Midland....
 and Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich railway station

Castle Bromwich railway station was a railway station in Birmingham opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1842.It was on the line into Lawley Street railway station from Water Orton railway station....
.

In 1851 the Midland Railway
Midland Railway

The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922 when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
 once more began to use Curzon Street with a new spur between Landor Street Junction and Derby Junction. Lawley Street then became a goods depot.