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2 unusual facts about Curzon Street railway station


Curzon Street railway station

A design sketch for the station has been submitted by Sir Terry Farrell, architect of Beijing South Railway Station.

Royal College of Organists

In 2003 plans were announced for more permanent purpose-built premises around the Grade I listed former Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham, a notable piece of monumental railway architecture.


Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway

The line, which was the first long-distance railway in the world, ran from Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham to Dallam in Warrington, Cheshire, where it made an end-on junction with the Warrington and Newton Railway, a branch of the L&M.

Kings Norton railway station

Opening in 1849, Kings Norton was developed as part of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway's line to Curzon Street via the Camp Hill Line.


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