BIRMINGHAM CURZON STREET

24th July 2006

Birmingham Curzon Street was the original northern terminus of the London & Birmingham Railway. The station opened in 1838 but closed to passengers in 1854 when Birmingham New Street was opened. Curzon Street remained in use as a goods station until final closure in 1966. Phillip Hardwick's entrance building survives today and is an imposing structure featuring Ionic pillars rather than the Doric style used at Euston. OS grid ref. SP078870.

Hardwick's entrance building which faces New Canal Street. 21st July 2006.	The building seen in 1987.	The imposing Ionic facade. 21st July 2006.	The main entrance on New Canal Street. 21st July 2006.
Plaque by the main entrance. 21st July 2006.	Detail of one of the massive pillar bases. 21st July 2006.	Stone ballustrade around the site of the former hotel building. 21st July 2006.	The building seen from the former platform side. 21st July 2006.
A cast iron gate post by the main building. 21st July 2006.	The site of the platforms. Until recently a Royal Mail depot occupied the site. 21st July 2006.	The bridge that carried the tracks over the Digbeth Branch canal at the southern end of the station. 21st July 2006.

Mapping images used on this site produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.