Curzon Street Railway Station

[Covroad]

Re Curzon Street , attached list of destinations and rates for a Taxi from Curzon Street.
No idea of the date,

 

[DavidGrain]

The Turnpike trusts were abolished in 1888 so the reference to toll gates would imply before this date but locals might have continued to refer to the location of toll gates after this date

 

[Covroad]

A print of Curzon Street , Titled ‘The First Railway Passenger Station in Birmingham (1838) source Historicengland.org.uk

 

[Lloyd]

A print of Curzon Street , Titled ‘The First Railway Passenger Station in Birmingham (1838) source Historicengland.org.uk

The track far right is triple gauge, were they 4'8½" (British standard), 5'3" (Irish standard) and 7'¼" (Great Western broad) gauges?

 

[mikejee]

That is the only conclusion that I could come to, but cannot find any evidence that the GWR, ever ran Broad gauage into Curzon St. There were parliamentary bills to this effect, and the Duddeston viaduct was built with this in mind, but never completed. I wonder if this was artist's licence

 

[Lloyd]

That is the only conclusion that I could come to, but cannot find any evidence that the GWR, ever ran Broad gauage into Curzon St. There were parliamentary bills to this effect, and the Duddeston viaduct was built with this in mind, but never completed. I wonder if this was artist's licence

Forget it ! I was looking at an enlarged version which hid the fact of two tracks crossing in the foreground! All are normal 4'8½" gauge tracks.

 

[Covroad]

A copy of a surveyors drawing for the front elevation , I suspect a pre construction drawing for client review and comments
Source historicengland.org.uk

 

[Covroad]

The turntables inside the goods shed at Curzon Street both pictures show the good carriage,loading areas, etc
Source historicenglad.org.uk

 

[Covroad]

View of the tracks leading to Curzon Street goods yard, you can see the rotunda partly hidden behind the pole on the left hand side.
Date unknown Source historicengland.org.uk

 

[izzy eckerslike]

I spent hours in there in the 1950's, dad used to deliver BR parcels in Rubery & Barnt Green area and in the school holidays I often used to go with him. While he sorted out the order of the parcels at Curzon St I used to wander around, I remember gigantic curtains that could be used to block out the weather on the huge doorways, some let the daylight through and others were solid tarpaulins
I remember one foggy winter morning I wandered further than usual and vividly remember looking through a gap and seeing a whole row of ghostly looking disused steam engines with cow scoops on the front, like the wild west engines, maybe used for clearing heavy snow off the tracks?

 

[Heartland]

In the Science Museum of images of Curzon Street there is one captioned Curzon Street Viaduct. Not all the plans there were carried forward and this one seems not to have happened and the London & Birmingham Railway build a level crossing instead to reach their goods yard

 

[DavidGrain]

In the Science Museum of images of Curzon Street there is one captioned Curzon Street Viaduct. Not all the plans there were carried forward and this one seems not to have happened and the London & Birmingham Railway build a level crossing instead to reach their goods yard

Can you give us more details please as this sounds as if it might be the viaduct from Bordesley which was never completed.

 

[Heartland]

No that viaduct was built for the Birmingham & Oxford Junction Railway, this one carried Curzon Street over the railway tracks and was called Curzon Street Bridge on the plan. The arrangement as built differed from this plan.

 

[Heartland]

in 1841 the Grand Junction Station buildings faced Curzon Street whilst the London & Birmingham building had its entrance from New Canal Street. Camp Hill Station, Birmingham & Gloucester Railway was also in existence by then. The railway from Camp Hill to Join up with the London & Birmingham Railway was opened August 17th, 1841 when Camp Hill became a goods station.