The Sutton Park line is a freight-only railway line running from Walsall to Castle Bromwich and Water Orton in the West Midlands, England. It is an important and strategic route, as it enables most freight trains to avoid congestion at Birmingham New Street station. It gets its name as it runs through Sutton Park at Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.
The currently disused Sutton Town railway station, which was opened in 1879 and closed in 1924, on Midland Drive. The station has been converted into offices.
Birmingham New Street railway station
Birmingham New Street, also known as New Street station, is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in Birmingham city centre, England, and a central hub of the British railway system. It is a major destination for Avanti West Coast services from London Euston, Preston, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley and West Midlands Trains services from Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston both via the West Coast Main Line. The CrossCountry network centres on New Street, as well as local and suburban services within the West Midlands; these include those on the Cross-City Line between Lichfield Trent Valley, Redditch and Bromsgrove, and the Chase Line to Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley. The three-letter station code is BHM.
The east end of the station, with the newly rebuilt and refurbished building which opened in 2015.
Early 20th century photo taken from the west, showing the LNWR station (left) and the Midland station (right) with the Queens Drive between them
Birmingham New Street station as pictured in the Illustrated London News on 3 June 1854
The interior of the original LNWR station in the late 19th century, with its once record-breaking roof