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GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Yardley Wood Platform: gwryw529a

Close up showing the up platform building viewed from the Stratford upon Avon side of Yardley Wood station with the Highfield Road bridge beyond

Close up of image 'gwryw529' showing the up platform building viewed from the Stratford upon Avon side of Yardley Wood station with the Highfield Road bridge beyond. The area around the station was very quickly developed in part driven be the ease of commuters being able to travel to Birmingham via the railway. The large houses on the road indicates that the initial development was instigated by the professional classes as the windows in the attic would have been allocated to live-in help. Mike Hitches states that during the Second World War the station area was bombed resulting in six nearby shops being demolished by the blast.

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