It was an isolated terminus, on the edge of the city-centre, with no connection to the rest of the railway network, and so the Midland Railway (which had taken over the BWSR) decided to extend the line into New Street station, double the track, and integrate the BWSR into their wider network. As Granville Street was at a higher elevation than New Street, a new line had to be constructed alongside at a lower level, through deep brick lined cuttings and several tunnels, once this was complete, the station became redundant and closed. Most traces of the station were removed by 1887 when the now spur line was extended via a tunnel under the canal to create Central Goods railway station, much of the trackbed of this former spur is still visible.
