Curzon Street railway station

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Curzon Street railway station in central Birmingham was designed by Philip Hardwick in the ancient Roman architectural style and opened on 24 June 1838 as a joint terminus for the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway. Initially serving as a major passenger station with trains to London, Manchester, and Liverpool, it became obsolete after the opening of Birmingham New Street in 1854 and was converted into a goods depot between 1860 and 1865. The station remained active for freight traffic until 1966, though it accommodated limited passenger services such as excursion trains until 1893. The principal entrance building survived subsequent demolitions and was Grade I listed in 1952, preserving this early railway terminus as a landmark of Britain's intercity rail heritage.