Soho and Winson Green railway station

Soho & Winson Green
265px The station in March 1967
Location
Place	Soho, Birmingham
Area	Sandwell & Birmingham
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	4
History
1854	Opened as Soho
1893	Name changed to Soho and Winson Green
1965	Name changed to Winson Green
1972	Closed
1999	Soho Benson Road tram stop built on site of station.
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Soho & Winson Green was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London (Paddington) to Birkenhead via Birmingham (Snow Hill) line, serving the Soho and Winson Green areas. Opened in 1854 as "Soho" station, its name was changed to "Soho and Winson Green" in May 1893, and finally to "Winson Green" on 14 June 1965, following the closure of a nearby station of that name. It was elaborately decorated and had 4 platforms. In 1972, the station closed, along with the entire line.

Soho Benson Road tram stop now sits upon the former station site, as part of the Midland Metro light-rail system.

Image gallery

• Soho&WG4 copy.jpg

  The station in 1967
• Snow Hill approach - Soho and Winson Green - geograph.org.uk - 1716815.jpg

  The remains of the station in 1986

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Hockley		Great Western Railway Later British Rail Birmingham-Wolverhampton (1854-1972)		Handsworth and Smethwick

References

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Soho and Winson Green railway station
• Soho & Winson Green station, at Warwickshire Railways.com
• (for coordinates)