Yardley Wood Platform

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Yardley Wood, opened 1908, was the third station along the North Warwickshire line from Tyseley and due to the level of facilities provided was obviously considered by the GWR to to offer potential for future growth.

The station had a Booking Office and Waiting Room located at road level adjacent to the bridge that crossed the line. Access to both platforms was via a path from either side of the bridge. The station had no goods facilities presumably because the stations on either side had goods facilities.

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Ref: gwryw525 Postcard View looking in the direction of Trittiford Road showing Yardley Wood station's booking office built at road level on Highfield Road bridge

Ref: gwryw525 Postcard Close up showing Yardley Wood's booking office and waiting room and the access to the down platform from the gates entrance on the left

Ref: gwryw530 Postcard Looking towards Stratford upon Avon with the down platform and waiting room on the left and the up platform and waiting room on the right

Ref: gwryw530a Postcard Close up showing the down platform waiting room which accommodated only a general waiting room and toilets, the Gentlemen's being via side entrance

Ref: gwryw530b Lens of Sutton Close up showing the up platform building which was a larger than the waiting room opposite accommodating a separate waiting room and toilets for ladies

Ref: gwryw528 P Hopkins View of Yardley Wood Platform looking towards Birmingham with the up platform and buildings on the left and beyond the roadside booking office

Ref: gwryw528a P Hopkins Close up showing the single storey up platform building which had two chimneys accommodating three fireplaces for the waiting rooms and ladies toilet

Ref: gwryw668 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Stratford upon Avon as an unidentified 'motor fitted' GWR 14xx class 0-4-2T locomotive propels a 'push-pull' train from Yardley Wood

Ref: gwryw668a Lens of Sutton Close up showing an unidentified motor fitted GWR 14xx class 0-4-2T locomotive which has been sandwiched between two GWR Autocoaches

Ref: gwryw527 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Stratford upon Avon from the Birmingham end of the up platform showing the station has changed little fifty years

Ref: gwryw527a Lens of Sutton Close up of the down platform brick-built building which comprised the single waiting room and on the far side the gentlemen's toilets

Ref: gwryw529 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Birmingham and Highfield Road bridge showing the station in the final years of steam operation on the line

Ref: gwryw529a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the up platform building viewed from the Stratford upon Avon side of Yardley Wood station with the Highfield Road bridge beyond

Ref: gwryw529b Lens of Sutton Close up showing the footpath from Highfield Road to the down platform which still retains its timber railings on the path and the GWR arrow head metal railings

Ref: gwryw526 P Hopkins GWR 4-6-0 Hall class No 5930 'Hanngton Hall' is seen passing through the station at speed whilst at the head of a down West Country excursion train