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New Street Station 1967 - 2014
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A Sparks
master brummie
I wondered that too, it was an Ansells pub, but I couldn't quite get my head round the angle of the view behind the train!
Lloyd
master brummie
Mark's photos bring back so many memories. The station platforms were always cold, even in summer. Winter was the worst time waiting there if your train was delayed. Passengers would wait at the top of the escalators on the bridge rather than stand on the cold platforms in winter. Or better still wait in the pub on the bridge, near the ticket barriers ! Viv.
An aeriel view, showing the shopping centre above the station. Viv
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
“A feature of 1974 was the number of Western Region Class 52 diesel-hydraulics working into [Birmingham (New Street) on Paddington trains.
On 24 May No. 1068 Western Reliance, having brought in the 09.25 from Paddinaton to Platform 1. prepares to run round.”
Diesels in the west Midlands and central Wales. Bannister, Geoffrey F. Publication date 1975.
On 24 May No. 1068 Western Reliance, having brought in the 09.25 from Paddinaton to Platform 1. prepares to run round.”
Diesels in the west Midlands and central Wales. Bannister, Geoffrey F. Publication date 1975.
Radiorails
master brummie
Now that Class 52 is very elegant for a diesel locomotive. That looked great in maroon livery, but not in the drab BR colours.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
thanks p i have two in oo gauge
Radiorails
master brummie
Bimingham - not New Street, but Snow Hill.
paul stacey
master brummie
me to mikeflan, may even have met as there always a few spotters here!!
A Sparks
master brummie
From the Ian Visits blog...
Re the signal box at New Street Station.
Network Rail has released a 3D model of the famous Birmingham signal box -- so you can now wander around its now empty rooms.
Re the signal box at New Street Station.
Network Rail has released a 3D model of the famous Birmingham signal box -- so you can now wander around its now empty rooms.
Richard Dye
master brummie
It is vey interring to see the technology in use.
We have several threads about New Street Station. These cover the different phases of the Station, its extension and rebuilding.
I shall be editing this thread and moving posts to the more appropriate New Street Station thread. Here are all the thread links. The Early History thread is an archived thread by the late Peter Walker and is for reference and is not open for comment.
New Street Station
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I shall be editing this thread and moving posts to the more appropriate New Street Station thread. Here are all the thread links. The Early History thread is an archived thread by the late Peter Walker and is for reference and is not open for comment.
New Street Station
NewSt Station 2015
Edit. There is a thread for the 1960s New Street Station here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/new-st-station-1960s.20585/ New Street Station would you believe!! Half expected some comment on this photo in the Mail the other night, but nothing on the Forum yet so is it...
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New Street Station 1967
http://www.mechanical-horse-club.org.uk/Scammells.htm Alan, this is a great link and the index information is particularly interesting!
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New Street Station From1854
Birmingham New Street's famous footbridge, refurbished after the war, showing the section spanning Queen's Drive, which still had its mid-section canopy at this time, 13th April 1960. (1997) A century of railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands : a personal selection. Vol. 2. Great...
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New Street Station - Early History 1
After the opening of Stockton and Darlington Railway demonstrated that steam railways were commercially and technically viable, the next important development in Britain was the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, which carried heavier traffic over a greater distance, opening in. From that date on...
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brondrange
HOCKLEY BORN
They were a b****y nuisance at 5pm weekdays when dropping off a load of parcels from a van on Queens Drive!
Heartland
master brummie
There are various threads
1st the early history that led to the creation of the station and its first name Grand Central
2nd the original station
3rd the building of the Midland Railway station and joint ownership until 1923
4th the LMS Station and BR station until reconstruction
5th Electrification with station opening in 1967
6th Further reconstruction that created the new shops Grand Central
1st the early history that led to the creation of the station and its first name Grand Central
2nd the original station
3rd the building of the Midland Railway station and joint ownership until 1923
4th the LMS Station and BR station until reconstruction
5th Electrification with station opening in 1967
6th Further reconstruction that created the new shops Grand Central