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Camp Hill Freight Line in Birmingham
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Camp Hill Freight Line runs for roughly five and a half miles through Birmingham; it connects Kings Norton Junction on the Cross City Line to Proof House Junction in Bordesley where it joins the West Coast Mainline and the Birmingham-Peterborough Line.There are no stations on the Camp Hill Freight Line. There was once a goods station at Camp Hill and passenger stations at Camp Hill, Brighton Road (Balsall Heath), Moseley, Kings Heath, Hazlewell and Lifford. However, they were demolished after local passenger services stopped in 1941.
Some passenger trains travelling through south Birmingham are occasionally re-routed from the Cross City Line to the Camp Hill Line. However, these are regional services, mainly for Wales and the south-west, and do not stop in Birmingham.
There are proposals to revive local passenger services on the Camp Hill Line. This would involve the construction of new stations at Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell and a new junction at Sparkbrook that would connect the line to Moor Street Station.
Map of Camp Hill Freight Line (Top Index)
Heading north-eastwards on the Camp Hill Freight Line, you would pass the following landmarks:
Kings Norton Junction (Top Index)
Kings Norton Junction is on the east side of the Pershore Road South, barely 200 metres from the platforms at Kings Norton Station.
Links: Lifford
Heading north-eastwards from Kings Norton Junction, the Camp Hill Line crosses this viaduct above Lifford Lane at the former site of Lifford Railway Station.
Links: Lifford
Breedon Cross Bridge (Top Index)
The Camp Hill Line then continues in north-easterly direction and crosses above the Birmingham and Worcester Canal at Breedon Cross in Stirchley.
Links: Stirchley
Heading north-eastwards from Breedon Cross, the Camp Hill Line passes through the Hazlewell area of Stirchley, passing beneath Fordhouse Lane (A4040) and Cartland Road.
Links: Stirchley
From Cartland Road, the Camp Hill Freight line continues northwards, roughly parallel with Pineapple Road, and then skirts the western boundary of Kings Heath Park and crosses a viaduct above Dads Lane.
Links: Stirchley
Heading northwards from Dads Lane, the Camp Hill Freight Line skirts the eastern side of Highbury Park and crosses beneath Alcester Road, near the north end of Kings Heath High Street, next to the former site of Kings Heath Station.
Links: Kings Heath
From the Alcester Road in Kings Heath, the Camp Hill Freight Line heads northwards through Moseley Village, passing beneath Saint Mary's Row, the former site of Moseley Station, and then Woodbridge Road.
Links: Moseley Village
Heading northwards from Woodbridge Road, the Camp Hill Railway runs roughly parallel to Trafalgar Road until it reaches the former site of Brighton Road Station in Balsall Heath.
Runcorn Road Bridge (Top Index)
The line runs above Brighton Road and passes over this bridge on Runcorn Road.
It then crosses above Clifton Road, Saint Paul's Road and Ombersley Road before passing the former site of Camp Hill Station by Highgate Road (A34).
Links: Balsall Heath
Heading north-eastwards from Highgate Road, the Camp Hill Railway runs on an embankment through Sparkbrook crossing above Montpellier Street, Highgate Place, Krywicks Road, Stratford Road (A41), Stratford Place North and this bridge on Sampson Road North.
The line then crosses above the Birmingham and Warwick Canal and the Leamington-Worcester Railway to which it is connected by a short spur.
Links: Sparkbrook
From its junction with the Leamington Worcester Line, the Camp Hill railway runs north-eastwards through Bordesley, crossing above Small Heath Highway (A45) beneath Coventry Road, skirting the Railway End of Saint Andrews Stadium and arriving at Proof House Junction.
Links: Bordesley
Proof House Junction (Top Index)
At the Proof House Railway Junction, the Camp Hill Freight Line and the London-Peterborough Line join West Coast Mainline. The junction is roughly two miles east of New Street Station; it is located above the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Branch Canal.
The junction is named after the Gun Barrel Proof House in Eastside because staff from the Proof House once tested guns on a range near the junction.
Links: Bordesley
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