HOCKLEY GALLERY 1970 to 2016
[Source: Terry Callaghan]
 By October 1971 weeds were becoming prevelant in the four foot of the up and down main lines. The usual motive power for the route was a single car DMU it is seen here departing for Birmingham. Photo by Bernard Mills  Looking along the up relief line platform in the winter of 1984 with industrial units springing up on the site of the former goods yard. The foresight of the WMPTA had protected development along the entire length of the trackbed as this prime City Centre land would have more than likely been built upon ending any hope of a railway running through the site again. Photo by Nick Catford  Looking along the length of the up main, Birmingham direction, platform in the Wolverhampton direction in the winter of 1984. The former goods area, to the right, which contained the cattle pens has since been built on by Birmingham City Council. Photo by Nick Catford  Looking towards Birmingham from, what would have been, the centre of the down main line which due to the space constraints at the station site was never provided with a platform. By the winter of 1984 the trackbed has attracted some fly tipping but both platforms look to be relatively intact. Photo by Nick Catford  Looking back along the down relief platform towards Birmingham in the winter of 1984 with the Hockley tunnel portal visible. Photo by Nick Catford  By the time this shot was taken in 1987 nature had really taken over the station site. The subway railings have been removed, by persons unknown, and it looks as if the subway has been explored. Photo by Pete Hackney from his loose_grip_99 Flickr photostream 
Looking west in the Woverhampton direction on 5 January 1990 with the Jewellery Line under construction. The vast majority of the relief line platform has been demolished but the up main platform, right, looks to be fairly intact.
Photo by Martin Beddall 
The station forecourt viewed on 5 January 1990, with the widening of Icknield Street into the Birmingham Outer Ring Road the entrance gates were moved into Park Road South. At this point it was being used by a scrap metal merchant and has been latterly used as a timber yard. Photo by Martin Beddall 
The view east, towards Birmingham, on 21 November 1990 with the majority of the site now having been cleared for the reconstruction of the railway through to Stourbridge. Photo by Martin Beddall 
Looking towards Wolverhampton with the remains of the island platform evident on 21 October 1990 clearance of the station site, for the re-introduction of rail services to Stourbridge was well under way. Centro, the local PTA, had arranged a Charity Walk along the section from Snow Hill to Handsworth and Smethwick station and several walkers can be seen carrying their Centro branded carrier bags. Photo by Martin Beddall 
The remains of the subway entrance on the island platform on 21 October 1990. Photo by Martin Beddall  Looking in the Wolverhampton direction on 8 September 1997 with a Centro Class 150/2 DMU departing for Stourbridge from the new Jewellery Quarter station. The first phase of the new Midland Metro system is nearing completion and an interchange station between the two systems would open here. The site of Hockley Station is on the curve at the top of the picture.Photo by Martin Beddall To see a comparison picture click here  A close up of the glazed bricks which formed the interior back wall of the booking office on 31 January 2016. The brickwork has been exposed to the elements for over 40 years now, since the demolition of the booking office, and have certainly stood the test of time well. Photo by Terry Callaghan  Looking towards Wolverhampton from the Jewellery Quarter station on 6 December 2016. The tram is passing through the site of the station towards, what was, the end of the Birmingham bound platform. Photo by Terry Callaghan
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