Sutton Park Railway Station

Sutton’s most famous closed station is Sutton Park which sat, as its name suggests just inside the park. The station shut in 1965 when passenger services through the park were withdrawn (the line, which ran from Birmingham to Walsall, is still used for freight). The bits of it which remain still sit just inside the park although the station buildings were demolished roughly 10 – 15 years ago. One platform is still accessible down the path from the railway bridge on Anchorage Road but is really not worth it as there’s nothing left down there to see — unless you want to indulge in a little trainspotting. There is also a question of who owns the land, something I’m not sure about and so will advise against walking down there.
There is always talk of the line being reopened to passenger traffic but this has never come to anything. Personally I’d love to get the train through the park as I think it’d be one of the most picturesque journeys in Brum. Going by the sorry state of Sutton Park station, I don’t think it’s something I’ll be doing very soon.