Maxstoke railway station

For the current station in Coleshill, see Coleshill Parkway railway station. For the railway station known as Coleshill from 1923 to 1968, see Coleshill railway station.

Maxstoke
Maxstoke station platform April 2015
General information
Other namesColeshill
LocationEngland
Coordinates52°29′38″N 1°41′18″W / 52.4940°N 1.6884°W / 52.4940; -1.6884
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBirmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1839Station opens as Coleshill
1 January 1917Closed to passenger traffic
1923Renamed Maxstoke
30 April 1939Station closes
Location

Maxstoke railway station was a railway station opened in 1839 as Coleshill by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London. The station served the village of Maxstoke and town of Coleshill in Warwickshire, England.

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