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GWR Routes: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Routes: North Warwickshire Line

Moor Street Station: gwrms1700

View of Shed B below Moor Street Station providing covered storage and distribution facilities

View of Shed B below Moor Street Station providing covered storage and distribution facilities. Being located adjacent to the market area in Birmingham city centre made it an ideal destination for the delivery of perishable fruit and vegetables. Every night fast freight trains brought both home grown seasonal produce, such as soft fruit from the Vale of Evesham or broccoli from Cornwall and also imported produce, such as bananas from Avonmouth Docks or Jersey new potatoes from Weymouth, direct to the Moor Street Goods Depot. Here the wagons were unloaded using the two one ton electric cranes and the produce stored in the cool warehouses until cartage had been arranged. The picture shows a private lorry being loaded with casks in the Shed B warehouse in the late 1920s. At this time it was common for wooden casks or barrels to be used to transport dry produce as well as liquids. Also about this time the London, Midland and Scottish, and Great Western Railway companies agreed to work together to provide a joint collection and delivery cartage service for all goods and parcels within Birmingham. The scale of charges per consignment were as follows:

 Weight
(not exceeding)
 Charge
(Shillings/pence)
 14 lbs.  - /4d
 28 lbs.  - /6d
 56 lbs.  - /9d
 112 lbs.  1s/ -
 2 cwts.  1s/4d
 3 cwts.  1s/8d
 4 cwts.  2s/ -
 5 cwts.  2s/3d

Robert Ferris

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