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Wylde Green Station

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield

Highbridge Road and Station Road were laid out in 1858 in anticipation of the coming of the railway. The railway with its station at Wylde Green railway station opened on 2nd June 1862. Urbanisation of the area proceeded rapidly thereafter.

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Looking towards Sutton Coldfield with the up platform on the left and the down platform on the right
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Anon
Looking towards Sutton Coldfield with the up platform on the left and the down platform on the right		 Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T No 41320 arrives at Wylde Green station on a two coach local service from Four Oaks in July 1955
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Real Photographs
Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T No 41320 arrives at Wylde Green station on a two coach local service from Four Oaks in July 1955		 View of Wylde Green station from Station Road which was located at the Birmingham end of the station
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View of Wylde Green station from Station Road which was located at the Birmingham end of the station		 British Railways built Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T No 41320 is seen arriving at Wylde Green station on a two-coach local passenger service from Four Oaks in July 1955
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M Westley
Close up showing the former LNWR timber building in the late 1970s still used as the main station building