Kings Heath Station on the Camp Hill Line was originally opened in 1840,
along with the line itself under the Birmingham and Glouceter Railway, as Moseley Station.
With the MR building of Moseley Station proper in 1867, this station changed its name to Kings
Heath - more appropriate given its location. The station was, along with the others on this
line, closed in 1941 as a 'wartime economy measure', never to reopen although the line remains
functioning for goods traffic. The above photograph shows Kings Heath Station circa 1910
(photo: Birmingham Library).
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The picture above-left shows the same view as the photograph at the top of
this page looking towards the City - the only remaining feature being the road overbridge (Kings
Heth High St)
which on the 1910 photograph, is just beyond the station footbridge. Above-right the
photographer is in the same spot but looking in the opposite direction towards Hazelwell
station. The
station site today is a small retail park - the position from which the photographs were taken
is the car park of Homebase. As you will be beginning to discern, British Rail owed a lot to
retail and car park entrepreneurs when selling-off their properties!
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