Site of Camp Hill station
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Site of Camp Hill station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 1 Apr 1984
The view is westward on Highgate Road at Woodfield Road (cf. Image]). Crossing is the original Midland Railway main line from Derby via Landor Street Junction and from Birmingham New Street via St Andrews Junction, to Kings Norton, Gloucester and Bristol. Camp Hill station was here on the left, served by a local service to/from New Street - Kings Norton, via the Lifford Curve and Selly Oak, until 27/1/41 when the station was closed to passengers. However the station remained open for goods until 7/2/66, while the line remained for the massive North/South freight traffic avoiding New Street. In recent years it also carries passenger trains on the NE/SW axis, which reverse in New Street.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.462077
Longitude
-1.8828