Kings Heath railway station

Kings Heath railway station is a railway station under construction in Kings Heath, Birmingham. It was originally opened in 1840 before being closed to passengers in 1941.

Kings Heath
Kings Heath station under construction in June 2025, looking upline towards Birmingham
General information
Location	Kings Heath, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52.4392°N 1.8930°W / 52.4392; -1.8930
Grid reference	SP073823
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Line(s)	Camp Hill Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Under construction
Station code	KIH
Website	Camp Hill line stations
History
Original company	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1840	Opened as Moseley
1 November 1867	Renamed Kings Heath
27 January 1941	Closed to passengers
by 1970	Closed (goods station)
Early 2026	Scheduled to reopen to passengers
Location

History

Kings Heath station buildings in 1956; site of the current station can be seen in the far left of the image

The station was built on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway's mainline (now the Camp Hill line) on the border of Kings Heath and Moseley, adjacent to Highbury Park. Upon opening it was called Moseley station, however in 1867 the opening of a new upline station of the same name closer to the centre of Moseley caused the station to be renamed 'Kings Heath'.^[1]

The station finally closed to passengers on 27 January 1941^[2] due to the Second World War,^[3] although it was used as a goods station and coal yard into the late 1960s.^[4] It was demolished at some point thereafter.^[5] The site of the goods facilities is now a small industrial estate and retail park.

Station masters

• G. Potter 1860—1872
• W. Sibley 1872—1874
• A. Nowell 1874—1875
• H. Wells 1875—1877
• George Stroud 1877—1904
• John H. Brayne 1904—1914
  (formerly station master at Selly Oak)
• J.W. Varty 1930—1936^[6]
• Harry Snary 1937—1941^[7]
  (also station master at Hazelwell from 1937)

Reopening

Since the late 2000s, proposals have been made to re-open the station, along with others on the Camp Hill line, for passenger use.^[8][9]

In 2019, the project to re-open the stations at Moseley, Kings Heath, and Hazelwell received £15 million in Government funding, with construction due to start in 2020 and aimed for completion in time for the 2022 Commonwealth Games,^[10] though this was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. In March 2021 it was announced that funding had been found for the project, with an opening date expected in 2023.^[11]

Construction work on the three new stations started in late 2022.^[12] The reopening of the line has been hit by delays and the West Midlands Combined Authority is now aiming to reopen the station for passenger use by early 2026.^[13]

It was announced in the Birmingham Mail^{[citation needed]} that the station would receive the running-in board that was removed from the old station's signal box when the goods facilities were closed and the box switched out.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
	Future services
Pineapple Road		West Midlands Railway Camp Hill line		Moseley Village
	Disused railways
Longbridge		Birmingham and Gloucester Railway		Camp Hill
Hazelwell		Midland Railway Camp Hill line		Moseley