Moseley Village railway station


Moseley Village railway station is a railway station under construction in Moseley, Birmingham. It was first opened in 1867 and closed in 1941. It is set to reopen in early 2026.

History

The station was opened by the Midland Railway on the former Birmingham and Gloucester Railway mainline on 1 November 1867. Upon opening it was called Moseley station, forcing an existing downline station of the same name to be renamed 'Kings Heath'. From 1923, the station was operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
The station closed on 27 January 1941 as an economy measure during the Second World War. The buildings were demolished at some point thereafter.

Station masters

  • Samuel Bunning 18671868
  • H. Collyer 18681872
  • F. Bassano 18721873
  • H. Leobie 18731877
  • Charles J. Willcox 18771885
  • J. Belcher 18851889
  • Henry Harris 18891914
  • H.J. Turner 19391941

Reopening

In 2007 there were proposals to reopen the station and to resume local passenger services along the Camp Hill line, in which case the station would be served by trains between Birmingham Moor Street and Kings Norton railway station. In 2013 the proposal was shelved indefinitely.
In 2016, the newly created West Midlands Combined Authority revived the plans to restore local passenger services to the line, and declared it one of their priority transport schemes to be delivered by 2025.
In 2019, the project to re-open the stations at Moseley, Kings Heath, and Hazelwell received £15 million 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. A vote was held to determine the name of the station upon reopening, determined to be either 'Moseley' or 'Moseley Village'. On 14 June 2022, it was announced that the reopened station would be called Moseley Village.
The reopening of the line has been hit by delays and the West Midlands Combined Authority is now aiming to reopen the station for passenger use by 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.