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GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Bordesley Station: gwrbg2703
Looking south along the down relief platform (Platform No 4)
at Bordesley Station with the Midland Railways bridge visible in the
background. The station was situated on a viaduct and at this end of each of
the two island platforms were the main public staircases, which descended to
the entrance and booking office on Coventry Road. The wide partially glazed
canopy with decorative saw-tooth valance was typical of the rebuilt Great
Western Railway stations on this line and afforded some protection from the
elements. Here on the relief platform this canopy finished over the start of
the platform ramp, requiring a somewhat ungainly wooden extension to be
constructed over the staircase well. Further along the platform, brick built
passenger waiting rooms and toilet facilities were provided, no doubt welcome
when the prevailing south-westerly winds blew across this exposed location.
Bordesley Station had a frequent passenger service with
suburban trains on the Birmingham main line and North Warwickshire Line
stopping there with the intervals between trains at peak times being under ten
minutes.
Robert Ferris
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