·  LMS  ·  GWR  ·  LNER  ·  Misc  ·  Stations  ·  What's New  ·  Video  ·  Guestbook  ·  About

Miscellaneous

Warwickshire Railways: Book Review

BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET PART 2 - Expansion and Improvement 1860 to 1923 by Richard Foster

Softback Cover, 215mm x 275 mm, 112 pages, Black and White Photographs and Illustrations

Wild Swan Publications. ISBN: 978-0-906867-79-2 Cover price £8.95 (Now outof Print)

Intended as a four part study, parts One to Three have been published to-date.

Part One - Background and Beginnings: The Years up to 1860;
Part Two - Expansion and Improvement: 1860 to 1923;
Part Three - LMS Days: 1923-1947.

The development of Birmingham as a major industrial and commercial centre began with the construction of the Birmingham Canal. The size and importance of the town grew rapidly as soon as railway communications were established and development of the central area into the form it has today, began with the construction of New Street station. The rise of Birmingham's importance was such that during the 1880s it was accorded City status while the station had to be doubled in size. Throughout its history New Street station has had considerable influence on the city's progress and development.

Contents are:

  • Developments and Expansion around Birmingham
  • New Street Station 1860 - 1923
  • The Queens Hotel
  • New Street Passenger Traffic up to 1923
  • Accidents at New Street
  • Curzon Street 1860 - 1923
  • Curzon Street Freight Traffic up to 1923

Richard Foster has set the standard of historical research for books on railways within the County of Warwickshire and beyond. Few will be able to equal it. As stated in one review The three books are Quality history, profusely illustrated.

Mike Musson

back