Soho and Winson Green railway station

Not to be confused with Winson Green railway station.

Soho & Winson Green was an intermediate station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line, serving the Soho and Winson Green areas. Opened in 1854 as "Soho" station, its name was changed to "Soho and Winson Green" in May 1893, and finally to "Winson Green" on 14 June 1965, following the closure of a nearby station of that name. It was elaborately decorated and had 4 platforms. In 1972, the station closed,^[2] along with the entire line.

Soho & Winson Green
The station in March 1967
General information
Location	Soho, Birmingham, Sandwell & Birmingham England
Coordinates	52.4970°N 1.9306°W / 52.4970; -1.9306
Grid reference	SP048887
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
14 November 1854	Opened as Soho[1]
1893	Renamed as Soho and Winson Green[1]
14 June 1965	Renamed as Winson Green[1]
6 March 1972	Closed[1]
1999	Soho Benson Road tram stop built on site of station.

Soho Benson Road tram stop now sits upon the former station site, as part of the Midland Metro light-rail system.

Image gallery

• 
  The station in 1967
• 
  The remains of the station in 1986
• 
  Site of the station in 2018 adjacent to Soho Benson Road tram stop

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Handsworth and Smethwick		Great Western Railway Birmingham–Wolverhampton (1854-1972)		Hockley

References

1. "Station Name: Winson Green". Disused Stations. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
2. "Soho & Winson Green Station". Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

• Soho & Winson Green station, at Warwickshire Railways.com
• Bartholomew's Pocket Atlas and Guide to Birmingham. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew' & Son Ltd. 1949. p. 20. (for coordinates)

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 104-106. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.