Somerset Road railway station

Somerset Road railway station was a railway station in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, on the Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway. The station had two platforms and was located in a cutting.

Somerset Road
General information
Location	Edgbaston, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52.4577°N 1.9283°W / 52.4577; -1.9283
Grid reference	SP049844
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1876	Opened[1]
1930	Closed[1]
Location

History

Timetable from Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 8 April 1876

It was opened in 1876.

On 14 May 1897, John Thomas Johnson ran down the incline to the platform, but was unable to stop on reaching the platform and fell in front of the advancing train. Part of his left foot was cut off and his head was injured. He survived the accident.^[2]

On 16 February 1901, George Grainger attempted to alight from a train before it had pulled up at Somerset Road station and fell between the footboard and the platform. He was crushed to death.^[3]

It closed in 1930 due to lack of patronage.^[1]

Remains

There are virtually no remains of the station, the only one being a bricked up entrance on the Somerset Road bridge over the present Cross-City Line, between the University railway station and Five Ways railway station.^[1]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Church Road Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Birmingham West Suburban Railway		Selly Oak Line and station open