Pineapple Road railway station

Construction of the new station started in 1902 on the former Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (B&GR) mainline (now the Camp Hill line) 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 The station closed on 27 January 1941, when passenger services were withdrawn from the line due to "wartime economy measures", and was not reopened.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==

, viewed from below Cartland Road bridge 1907 In 2019, the project to re-open the stations at Moseley, Kings Heath, and Hazelwell received £15million 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 station name was chosen by public vote from the three options of Pineapple Road, Stirchley and the historic Hazelwell. The reopening of the Camp Hill line was hit by delays, and the West Midlands Combined Authority aimed to reopen the line for passenger use by the end of 2024. Construction finished on the stations in December 2025, and it was handed to Transport for West Midlands (TfWM). There was then a period of driver training, testing and signalling work to ensure the stations are ready to open to passengers. All three stations reopened on 7 April 2026. ==Services==

The basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour/day is as follows: • 2 tph to • 2 tph to ==References==