 Before completion, the Company became controlled by the London and North Western Railway, which used dubious methods to harm competitor railways that were to be dependent on its completion.The line was electrified in 1966 and now forms part of the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line an important and very heavily used part of the railway network.Birmingham's first main railway passenger terminal was Curzon Street station; it opened in 1838, although it was not given that name until 1852; at first it was simply the Birmingham station.