Pineapple Road railway station


Pineapple Road railway station is a railway station under construction in Stirchley, Birmingham. It was first opened in 1903 and closed in 1941. It is set to reopen in early 2026.

History

Construction of the new station started in 1902 on the former B&GR mainline on the border of Hazelwell, Stirchley, and Kings Heath, situated between the existing Kings Heath and Lifford stations. The station cost £20,000 to build and was opened on 1 January 1903 as Hazelwell station. It was built to serve the Priory Estate which comprised.
Originally the station sat at a level crossing with a footbridge for pedestrians. In 1928, Herbert H. Humphries, Birmingham City Council City Engineer and Surveyor, invited tenders for the construction of the Cartland Road bridge over the railway at Hazelwell.
The station closed on 27 January 1941, when passenger services were withdrawn from the line due to "wartime economy measures", and was not reopened. The line remained open for freight and some longer distance passenger services.
The station buildings were the home of Birmingham Model Railway Club from 1963 until 1980.

Reopening

In 2019, the project to re-open the stations at Moseley, Kings Heath, and Hazelwell received £15m in Government funding, with construction due to start in 2020 and aimed for completion in time for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In March 2021 it was announced that funding had been found for the project. The reopening of the Camp Hill line has been hit by delays and the West Midlands Combined Authority was aiming to reopen the line for passenger use by the end of 2024. Further delays were announced and the station is now earmarked for opening for passenger use in early 2026. As of December 2025, construction has finished on the station, and it has been handed to Transport for West Midlands. There will now be a period of driver training, testing and signalling work to ensure the stations are ready to open to passengers in early 2026.
After a public vote, it was announced that the reopened station would be called Pineapple Road.