Where is this Railway Station?

[davidfowler]

Decided to give it a go! This is a station well known to many of us I imagine. It was taken on 4th May 1959.

 

[motorman-mike]

Is it Solihull Station?

 

[davidfowler]

Sorry Mike. It's a 2 name one which I never knew although I travelled through it often in the 70s and 80s.

 

[G G Jean]

Is it Perry Barr David?. Jean.

 

[Darby]

Widney Manor.

 

[Louis Dalby]

Widney manor??.

 

[davidfowler]

Sorry Jean and Darby.

 

[davidfowler]

Sorry Louis

 

[Laurie_B]

Methinks it is Acocks Green and South Yardley?
And the photographer might have been Michael Mensing?

 

[smtr]

Water Orton?

 

[davidfowler]

You're right Laurie. I went through it lots of time from Olton and later Dorridge but never realised it was originally Acocks Green AND South Yardley.

 

[Laurie_B]

I think the "and South Yardley" might have been added by the GWR some time after the station had originally opened.

 

[davidfowler]

Here's the original showing the sign.

 

[lencops]

The whisle blew before i could post, went from there to Warwick on N/S call up. Len.

 

[davidfowler]

Nice one Len. Not sure which way the photo goes, I think the trains on the way south to Olton, next stop. Don't know why I think that though!

 

[mikejee]

Laurie
According to https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrag18.htm "and south yardley" was added in 1878
mike

 

[paul stacey]

hi david
don't know the station but what an fabulous atmospheric photo of every day life on the 50's railways.
paul

 

[lencops]

David, click this link and it will answer your question about which direction the train is heading, there were two platform when i travelled from there as you will see. Len.
https://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/index.php

 

[davidfowler]

Thanks Mike and Len