Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway

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Introduction

Most of this line is still open. This railway ran from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden. It ran in competition with the Midland Counties Railway and was continued north to Leeds by the North Midland Railway and even further north by the York and North Midland Railway.




Dates

02/01/1842Railway Clearing House
The Railway Clearing House is established. Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, Great North of England Railway, Hull and Selby Railway, Leeds and Selby Railway, London and Birmingham Railway, Manchester and Leeds Railway, Midland Counties Railway, North Midland Railway and York and North Midland Railway join.
10/05/1844Midland Counties Railway Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway North Midland Railway Midland Railway
George Hudson encourages the Midland Counties Railway, Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and North Midland Railway to merge to become the Midland Railway.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.




Hampton Junction

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Hampton Junction [Station]

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Packington Siding

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Coleshill

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Whitacre

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Birmingham Branch (Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway)
Whitacre Junction to Nuneaton (Midland Railway)





Whitacre Junction [1st]

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Kingsbury

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Wilnecote

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Tamworth High Level

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A sound for sore ears: 37510 thrashes its way South West through Tamworth High Level delivering EMU 730029 from Litchurch Lane to Oxley. Reporting ...
Ken Strachan 28/07/2023
I'm not sure whether it's 'Farewell My Lovely' or 'The Long Goodbye', but there's definitely something Raymond Chandler about 43.303 leading 1V50, an ...
Ken Strachan 28/07/2023
The 13.41 ex-Nottingham CrossCountry service, formed by 170117, arrives at a rather wet Tamworth High Level platform 4 on Valentines Day 2014. The ...
Ken Strachan 14/02/2014
A Cross Country HST prepares to depart from Tamworth High Level, with a service towards the north east, on the evening of 18 June 2009. ...
John McIntyre 18/06/2009
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Tamworth High Level Junction

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Haselour Watertroughs

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Elford

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Croxall

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Wichnor Junction

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Dudley to Lichfield (South Staffordshire Railway)
Seen from the grounds of the National Memorial Arboretum, a Cross Country Class 170 DMU crosses the River Tame heading north towards ...
Mark Bartlett 28/08/2015
DBS 66140 runs light engine towards Tamworth on 28 August, passing a pillbox in the grounds of the National Memorial Arboretum. The locomotive ...
Mark Bartlett 28/08/2015
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Barton and Walton

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Branston

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Braunston Junction

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Leicester Junction

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Burton to Leicester Line (Midland Railway)





Burton-upon-Trent

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A southbound Cross-Country Voyager at Burton in July 2016. The platforms were somewhat overgrown, but the lingering smell of beer was interesting, if ...
Ken Strachan 16/07/2016
A nice view of the ironwork on the overbridge at Burton-upon-Trent on 16 July 2016 as class 170's head South (right) and North (left). ...
Ken Strachan 16/07/2016
Peeking through the gates at Nemesis Rail out of hours on 9 July 2016, 47848 can be seen taking a rest, surrounded by all sorts of other things which ...
Ken Strachan 09/07/2016
Go on, admit it. You've always wanted to sleep in a grain warehouse. An interesting contrast to another rail-themed hotel in the same chain see image ...
Ken Strachan 16/07/2016
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Burton North Stafford Junction

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North Staffordshire Railway





Wetmore Junction

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Willington [B and DJR]

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North Stafford Junction

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North Staffordshire Railway
This is 58029 approaching Stenson Junction (behind the camera) on an empty MGR for Toton in 1992. North Stafford Junction is to the rear of the train. ...
Roger Geach 05/05/1992
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Stenson Junction

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Stenson Junction to Chellaston West Junction and Chellaston East Junction to Trent Sheet Stores Junction (Midland Railway)





Melbourne Junction

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Ashby to Derby Line (Midland Railway)
View south at Melbourne Junction in February 2013, with the Voyager just over a mile short of Derby station. The tracks to the left used to run to ...
Ken Strachan 21/02/2013
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Peartree

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Derby London Road [BDJR]

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Derby

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North Midland Railway
At the north end of the tastefully restored Railway Terrace, which comprises houses built for railway employees in the 19th century, is the Brunswick ...
Ken Strachan 03/03/2023
Network Rail liveried HST Power Car 43062 stands in Derby Station on the rear of the New Measurement Train on the evening of 11 December 2008. The ...
David Pesterfield 11/12/2008
The Midland Railway Institute still stands opposite Derby station car park. I'm not convinced it had a pool hall as built. ...
Ken Strachan 03/03/2023
A down CrossCountry Voyager meets an up East Midlands Meridian at Derby on 4 May, while a Nottingham service approaches Etches Park in the background. ...
Ken Strachan 04/05/2015
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