Hamstead and Great Barr Station

LMS Route: Grand Junction Railway

Great Barr was opened on the original route of the Grand Junction Railway in 1862 and has been included on the Birmingham-Soho- Birmingham route for the website's convenience as Perry Barr, Witton, Aston and Vauxhall & Duddeston were all sited along the route too. The first station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway on 4th July 1837, and was named Hamstead and Great Barr; it was renamed Great Barr on 1st May 1875. The station was rebuilt to be fully on the opposite side of the road bridge on 25 March 1899; this station, again known as Great Barr, was renamed Hamstead on 6 May 1974. The station also had sidings served the adjacent Hamstead Colliery.

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Ref: lnwrgb62 Real Photos Looking towards Walsall under the arch of the overbridge with the original station's down platform on the right

Ref: lnwrgb62a Real Photos Close up showing on the right the new down platform being built and on the left the original up platform

Ref: lnwrgb62b Real Photos Close up showing the original Great Barr station's brick built building erected on the old down platform

Ref: lnwrgb2289 F Nightingale Postcard Looking across the line towards Great Barr's main new station building erected on the down platform

Ref: lnwrgb2288 M Morant Looking along the up platform towards Bescot with the overbridge carrying the Old Walsall Road at the end

Ref: lnwrgb2292 DJ Norton View of Great Barr station's up starting signal and the Perry Barr North Junction distance signal on 5th August 1951

Ref: lnwrgb61 Real Photos Looking towards Bescot as LNWR 0-6-0 No 710 passes through the station on an up goods circa 1921

Ref: lnwrgb61a Real Photos Close up showing Hamstead and Great Barr's new station building located on the up platform

Ref: lnwrgb61b Real Photos Close up of LNWR 0-6-0 18 inch Goods' No 710 as its young fireman pauses from firing to pose for the camera

Ref: lnwrgb60 Real Photos LNWR 0-6-0 No 473 a 'Cauliflower' class locomotive is seen standing at the station on a Winters day

Ref: lnwrgb60a Real Photos Close up showing the different types of carriages making up the train and through the arch the signal box and sidings

Ref: lnwrgb60b Real Photos Close up showing LNWR 0-6-0 18 inch Goods No 473 standing at the station with a local passenger service

Ref: lnwrgb2290 RS Carpenter Ex-LNWR 0-6-2T 'Coal Tank' No 3715 at the head of an up mixed freight passes through Great Barr station

Ref: lnwrgb2290a RS Carpenter Close up showing the Coal Tank's fireman snatching a brief respite from firing to pose to the camera

Ref: lnwrgb2285 M Morant Ex-LNWR 0-8-0 G2a No 49081 is standing at the up platform at Great Barr station with a freight from Bescot yard

Ref: lnwrgb2286 M Morant Ex-LNWR 0-8-0 G2a No 49373 approached Old Walsall Road overbridge on a down freight to Bescot shed circa 1960

Ref: lnwrgb2287 M Morant Ex-LMS 4-6-0 'Black Five' No 45146 is seen passing through the station on a down passenger service to Stafford

Ref: lnwrgb2284 M Morant An unidentified ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT locomotive is seen passing through the station on a down service to Stafford

Ref: lnwrgb2291 E Russell/Colour Rail Ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F No 48762 hauls a failed Gloucester DMU set through the station on its way to Ryecroft Walsall

Ref: great_barr map Andy Doherty Map showing the location of Hamstead and Great Barr station and its location next to Old Walsall Road