LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Five Ways: mrf473
View of the disused station from Islington Row bridge. The
platform edge has been cut back on both platforms through the simple process of
removing the edging stone. The reason for this action would have been to
increase the clearance within the loading gauge. It's thought that the brick
structure was erected after the station was closed and demolished presumably to
provide facilities for the Permanent Way gang maintaining the track in this
area.
The brick structure is typical of the type of utilitarian
buildings erected during the Second World War. Mick Bramich writes "The tracks
on the left ran through a tunnel to the best kept secret in Birmingham, Central
Goods. I never saw a train running on these tracks but I have seen a photograph
of a 4-6-0 Scot hauling wagons down the incline to the main line."
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