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Monument Lane Station/Shed

In the earlv 1950s Jubilee 45601 British Guiana has arrived at the shed for servicing after working one the British Industries Fair specials. Camden men worked the trains to Birmingham and Monument Lane covered the return journey. (Howard Turvey.)


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Monument Lane Station was opened in 1854 for passenger trains but was known as Edgbaston from 1853 when it was not advertised for trains. However, apart from providing a need for passengers to access or egress the platforms, there was also the need to serve as a "ticket platform". The need to check passenger tickets seems to have been the original purpose for this station and may have been used for such a purpose when the Stour Valley Railway first opened for passenger traffic.

As to the locomotive shed, this establishment had the purpose of initially supplying coke and water for locomotives as well as a place to maintain. The railway tunnel north of New Street had tracks on an incline that raised at a gradient from 1 in 76 to 1 in 77 which meant that train speed was affected in the early days and journeys through the tunnel varied.
 
Lloyd said:
I think the local factories and the fact that every house had at least one coal fire was more harmful to the washing that a couple of trains a day!
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One of my relatives a boatman lived in one of the railway cottages along side the canal on this map he lived at no2. I have taken a walk along that canal it is difficult to see through the shrubbery if anything is left of the cottages.
 

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dwilly said:
Couple of replies from a post on a guest book on the excellent https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/index.htm website. Appears it always has been a mystery why!

In his book 'Monument Lane Loco Shed' Tony Higgs states that its a mystery as to why Monument Lane station and shed were so named. Monument Lane was sited over half a mile away from the site which actually lay alongside St Vincent Street and Sheepcote Street. Tony states that in 1878 Monument Lane later became Monument Road but neither the station nor the engine shed had their name changed to suit.
Best wishes
Mike

Dave
Having given it some more thought I have added
Tony states that when first mooted the shed was initially identified as the 'Crescent' but within a month it had been named Monument Lane. My guess is that Monument Lane was the nearest thoroughfare of consequence and therefore the shed and station was so named.
Mike
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Hi, just a query…..would that be the Tony Higgs who lived in Sheepcote Lane? If so, how could I contact him - I was a neighbour good friend of his. Thanks, Alan
 
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