LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield

Gravelly Hill: lnwrgh1487

The date of this postcard is unknown but it is probably the late 1890s looking towards Birmingham and Hillaries Road bridge. The photo is of interest because access to the station buildings on the left (Birmingham) platform is via a ramp from Hunton Hill which crosses the railway from where the photograph was taken. Frederick Road which is the current access to the station doesn't exist being fields.

Not known is whether this ramp was replicated on the right (Sutton Coldfield) platform. The two-storey building contains the booking office located on the first floor with access to both platforms being via the door seen in the photo which led out on to the footbridge and then via its steps down to either platform. The single storey building on the left provided the waiting rooms and toilet facilities.

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