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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Tyseley Station: gwrt293a
Close up of image 'gwrt293' showing Tyseley station's
platform based passenger facilities, with the relief line passenger structure
in the process of being demolished. Tyseley station was built to accommodate
passenger traffic arising from the opening of the main line route to the South
West and Wales. When British Railways diverted traffic away from the former GWR
route to the former Midland Railway route via Lickey, Tyseley station's
importance was down graded to that of any other intermediate station on the
line. The close proximity of the station to the centre of Birmingham and the
more regular and flexible bus routes that were available meant that the
extensive platform based passenger facilities were no longer used to full
effect.
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