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Gravelly Hill Station

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield

Opened in 1862, the station was built by the London and North Western (LNWR) railway company on their line between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield. The only remaining original feature is the booking office building, which is unusual in having two storeys with the ticket office on the upper level. Other buildings and an early wooden footbridge were removed with the electrification of the Cross City line in 1992. The waiting areas on the platforms were replaced by modern 'bus shelter' type structures on each platform. The footbridge was replaced by a more modern metal structure.

View of Gravelly Hill station which is still retaining its rural charm towards the end of the 19th century
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View of Gravelly Hill station which is still retaining its rural charm towards the end of the 19th century
Close up showing the timber structure on the Birmingham platform accommodating additional passenger facilities
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Close up showing the timber structure on the Birmingham platform accommodating additional passenger facilities
Close up showing the two-storey station building located on the Birmingham platform together with the signal cabin
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Close up showing the two storey station building located on the Birmingham platform together with the signal cabin
Close up of the Sutton Coldfield platform and the small passenger waiting room located beneath Hunton Hill bridge
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Close up of the platform to Sutton Coldfield and the small passenger waiting room under Hunton Hill bridge
Looking towards Hunters Hill bridge and Sutton Coldfield and on the right the two storey booking office
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Looking towards Hunters Hill bridge and Sutton Coldfield and on the right the two storey booking office

Close up showing the passenger waiting rooms located on the station's Sutton Coldfield platform
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Close up showing the passenger waiting rooms located on the station's Sutton Coldfield platform
Close up showing the passenger waiting rooms and other facilities located on the station's Birmingham platform
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Close up showing the passenger waiting rooms and other facilities located on the station's Birmingham platform
Close up of the passenger facilities on the down platform including Ladies First Class and a General Waiting Room
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Close up of the passenger facilities on the down platform including Ladies First Class and a General Waiting Room
Close up showing the new steps leading down from Frederick Street to Gravelly Hill station's booking office
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Close up showing the new steps leading down from Frederick Street to Gravelly Hill station's booking office
View from Hunton Hill road bridge looking towards Birmingham showing both platforms extended
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View from Hunton Hill road bridge looking towards Birmingham showing both platforms extended

Close up showing the Ladies First Class Waiting Room located on the Sutton Coldfield platform
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Close up showing the Ladies First Class Waiting Room located on the Sutton Coldfield platform
Looking towards Birmingham as a local service for Sutton Coldfield arrives behind an ex-LMS 2-6-2T locomotive
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Looking towards Birmingham as a local service for Sutton Coldfield arrives behind an ex-LMS 2-6-2T locomotive
Close up showing the two storey brick building which accommodated the booking office on the first floor
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Close up showing the two storey brick building which accommodated the booking office on the first floor
Close up showing details of the roof of the timber structure standing on the Birmingham platform
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Close up showing details of the roof of the timber structure standing on the Birmingham platform
View of Gravelly Hill station looking towards Sutton Coldfield from Hillaries Road bridge on 25th April 1955
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View of Gravelly Hill station looking towards Sutton Coldfield from Hillaries Road bridge on 25th April 1955

Ex-LMS 2-6-2T No 40122 is seen running bunker first on a New Street to Sutton Coldfield local passenger service
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Ex-LMS 2-6-2T No 40122 is seen running bunker first on a New Street to Sutton Coldfield local passenger service
Looking along Sutton Coldfield platform showing only the brick built two storey building remains
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Looking along Sutton Coldfield platform showing only the brick built two storey building remains
View of Gravelly Hill station showing the extended platform is now being used for most of its length
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View of Gravelly Hill station showing the extended platform is now being used for most of its length
Birmingham Corporation Tram No 693 is seen on the No 2 route from Steelhouse Lane to Erdington on 25th May 1953
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Birmingham Tram No 693 is seen on the No 2 route from Steelhouse Lane to Erdington on 25th May 1953
Looking towards Birmingham from the Lichfield end of Gravelly Hill station's down platform circa 1900
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Looking towards Birmingham from the Lichfield end of Gravelly Hill station's down platform circa 1900

Looking towards Lichfield as a local passenger train from Lichfield arrives at Gravelly Hill station's up platform
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Looking towards Lichfield as a local passenger train from Lichfield arrives at Gravelly Hill station's up platform
A drawing showing the LNWR passenger waiting room erected on Gravelly Hill station's down platform
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A drawing showing the LNWR passenger waiting room erected on Gravelly Hill station's down platform
Close up showing the transverse section and details of the materials used in constructing the waiting room
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Close up showing the transverse section and details of the materials used in constructing the waiting room
Close up showing details of the various sections and materials used in constructing Gravelly Hill's waiting room
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Close up showing details of the various sections and materials used in constructing Gravelly Hill's waiting room
Location map showing the juxtaposition of Gravelly Hill station with Fredericks Road, Hunton Hill and Gravelly Hill
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Location map showing the juxtaposition of Gravelly Hill station with Fredericks Road, Hunton Hill and Gravelly Hill