LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

Saltley Station: mrsalt400

Above we see the inauspicious Saltley station in 1964 looking towards Birmingham with Saltley Viaduct (road) clearly visible and the stairwell leading up from the island platform to the viaduct being just to the right of the two signal arms at the end of the platform. Saltley Junction is seen immediately under the viaduct whilst a little further on, and to the left, was Landor Street Junction.

The station is in a poor state of repair and was not often used other than perhaps by railwaymen going on and off duty at the nearby shed, works and goods yards. The patching of the platform with timbers is indicative of the "mend and make good" philosophy adopted by British Railways in its final years until closure four years after this photograph was taken. As one of Birmingham's many canals passed under the station on the diagonal it is possible timbers were used to repair the platform because they could bridge the canal. 25th October 1964

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