Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Initially named Grimes Hill Halt when first opened to passengers on 1st June 1908 when the North Warwickshire Railway first became operational to passenger traffic, it was later renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Halt on 12th July 1914 and then again on 11th July 1927 when it was renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform. This appears to have coincided with an upgrade in the facilities available at the Platform as improvements were authorised on 26th January 1928 including extension of up side waiting room, new ladies waiting room, new lavatory accommodation and paraffin vapor lighting to replace the oil lamps.

Information in the 1929 Railway Clearing House (RCH) Station Handbook indicates the Platform has started to handle Parcel Traffic, which infers the station was manned at least from this point onwards as the 1956 RCH Handbook also has an identical entry. The station had no goods facilities with only limited access being available for passengers via a footpath on either side of the road bridge from the Norton Lane.

Robert Ferris

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Ref: gwrgh87 Postcard Looking towards Stratford upon Avon from the Birmingham end of the down platform with Norton Lane road bridge in the distance

Ref: gwrgh87a Postcard Close up showing the down platform's Pagoda passenger waiting room and the steps that led from the platform to the gated entrance on Norton Lane

Ref: gwrgh87b Postcard Close up of Grimes Hill Halt's up platform and Pagoda waiting room together with the gated passenger access off Norton Lane

Ref: gwrgh88 P Hopkins Looking towards Stratford upon Avon showing the additional building erected on the up platform and the booking office on Norton Road

Ref: gwrgh88a P Hopkins Close up showing the new sign 'Grimes Hill & Withall' and the Booking Office located on Norton Lane at the top of the ramp to the up platform

Ref: gwrgh88b P Hopkins Close up showing the additional passenger buildings erected on Grimes Hill & Withall's up platform to handle the increase in commuter traffic

Ref: gwrgh89 Lens of Sutton Looking toward Birmingham from the down platform showing the two Pagoda buildings on the up platform replaced by a single structure

Ref: gwrgh89a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the replacement passenger waiting room building on the up platform which replaced the two Pagoda buildings

Ref: gwrgh89b P Hopkins Close up showing the Pagoda passenger waiting room on the down platform viewed from the Birmingham end of the station

Ref: gwrgh85 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Stratford upon Avon along Grimes Hill & Withall Platform's down platform towards the replacement platform waiting room

Ref: gwrgh85a Lens of Sutton Close up of the replacement passenger waiting room on the down and exit to Norton Lane as seen from the Birmingham end of the Platform

Ref: gwrgh86 Lens of Sutton A 1950s view of the Booking Office standing on Norton Lane at the approach to Grimes Hill & Withall Platform's up platform

Ref: gwrgh86a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the Booking Office on Norton Lane showing that the ticket office was on the left under the canopy and a waiting room in the centre

Ref: gwrgh1375 M Mensing A Derby built three-car Diesel Multiple Unit is seen arriving at Grimes Hill & Wythall station on the 10 35am Stratford upon Avon to Snow Hill service