page_title: Central Goods railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Central Goods railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Ordnance Survey map, 2nd edition 1905, showing west-central Birmingham - Worcester Wharf, Old Wharf, Central Goods railway station, part of Birmingham New Street railway station. Centred at approximate coordinates: 52.476,-1.905, just north of the current location of The Mailbox. Shown in blue is the Worcester Bar at Gas Street Basin (left margin), Old Wharf terminus of the Birmingham Canal, and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Shown in red are three tunnels: New Street Tunnel of the Stour Valley Line (top); tunnel of the Birmingham West Suburban Railway (now the Cross-City Line) between New Street and Five Ways railway station (long curve); Granville Tunnel leading to the Central Goods Depot (bottom}. Coloured by Oosoom.
context_page_description: Central Goods railway station was a goods-only railway station in central Birmingham, England, on a spur connected to the Birmingham West Suburban Railway, which ran via a tunnel under the Worcester and Birmingham Canal which it was adjacent to. The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 July 1887. It was originally known as Worcester Wharf due to it being located next to the canal, its proximity to which allowed for transshipment with canal barges, the name was changed on 31 May 1892. It initially had facilities to handle 375 wagons, but was expanded gradually over the next fifteen years.
  In 1923 the depot was taken over by the newly amalgamated London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and in 1948 by the nationalised British Railways.
  From the 1940s onwards, competition from road transport led to a decline in the use of rail freight. In its later years, the depot mostly handled parcels traffic. It eventually closed on 6 March 1967. The spur line leading to it was permanently closed two years later.
  The site was later occupied by a Royal Mail sorting office, and is now partly occupied by The Mailbox shopping centre and office development.
context_section_description: Central Goods railway station was a goods-only railway station in central Birmingham, England, on a spur connected to the Birmingham West Suburban Railway, which ran via a tunnel under the Worcester and Birmingham Canal which it was adjacent to. The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 July 1887. It was originally known as Worcester Wharf due to it being located next to the canal, its proximity to which allowed for transshipment with canal barges, the name was changed on 31 May 1892. It initially had facilities to handle 375 wagons, but was expanded gradually over the next fifteen years.
  In 1923 the depot was taken over by the newly amalgamated London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and in 1948 by the nationalised British Railways (later British Rail).
  From the 1940s onwards, competition from road transport led to a decline in the use of rail freight. In its later years, the depot mostly handled parcels traffic. It eventually closed on 6 March 1967. The spur line leading to it was permanently closed two years later.
  The site was later occupied by a Royal Mail sorting office, and is now partly occupied by The Mailbox shopping centre and office development.
caption: 1905 map of Birmingham with tunnels and Central Goods Depot in relation to New Street Station.
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