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| The station building today |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Type: | National Rail (Sutton Park Line) |
| Opened: | 1879 |
| Closed: | 1925 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened by the Midland Railway as Sutton Coldfield in 1879 (a name already used by the existing LNWR station). The station was on the Midland Railway's new route between Water Orton and Walsall. The station was renamed Sutton Coldfield Town in 1882, though in 1904 lost the Town suffix. The suffix was restored in 1924 but the station closed the following year [1]! The station was reopened temporarily in 1955 after the disaster at the other Sutton station when an express train derailed killing seventeen people [2].
The station building still exists though is used by a private business. Freight still uses the Sutton Park Line, there are plans to restart passenger services on the line and reopen some of the stations on it though not Sutton Coldfield Town.
[1] Vic Mitchell, North of Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2014) Map. X
[2] Ibid. Fig. 23
