Five Ways

LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Five Ways station was opened as part of the Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway in 1885 and remained in service until 1944 when it became a casualty of the competition with local bus services and the need to rational scarce resources during the Second World War.

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Ref: mrf23 - PB Whitehouse LMS Stanier 2-6-2T No 117 leaves Five Ways station with a Birmingham to Redditch local passenger service

Ref: mrf24 - PB Whitehouse Ex-MR 1F 0-6-0T No 1700 shunts on the freight only line to Central Goods Yard

Ref: mrf471 - DJ Norton View looking towards New Street taken just ten years after the station closed

Ref: mrf473 - Lens of Sutton View of disused station from Islington Row bridge

Ref: mrf472 - DJ Norton Ex-LMS 4-6-0 'Jubilee' class No 45577 'Bengal' running "wrong road"

Ref: mrf470 - P Riley Ex-LNER B1 design, No 61315 heads a Birmingham-West Country Saturday holiday relief

Ref: five_ways_map - A Doherty Five Ways Location