Curzon Street Excursion Station
Curzon Street Excursion station used by both the London
& North Western Railway and the Midland Railway for excursions trains and
trains to and from Sutton Coldfield and Sutton Park respectively. The raising
of the former Grand Junction line between Vauxhall and Proof House Junction to
allow trains to cross the former London & Birmingham line at the higher
level to gain access to New Street made such ad-hoc arrangements redundant and
resulted in its closure on 7th May 1893.
If you are interested in knowing more about Curzon Street
Excursion Station you can do no better than to read Richard Foster's series of
books on Birmingham New Street - The Story of a Great Station including
Curzon Street published by Wild Swan Publications Ltd of Didcot. I would
like to take this opportunity of crediting Richard Foster as being the source
for much of the rich information provided in the captions to the
photographs.
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