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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbhm_sa431
Looking from Proof House Junction signal box with the junction
to Curzon Street on the left, the line to Aston in the centre and the lines to
Coventry and Derby on the right in 1947. The set of tracks on the left provided
access to both Curzon Street as well as continuing under the bridge carrying
the former Grand Junction Railway to Wolverhampton via Aston. The Grand
Junction Railway route also provided access to Walsall via a junction at Bescot
and also to Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield via a junction at Aston. The route
to Coventry, the former main line built by the London to Birmingham Railway
Company, had been realigned to allow the Midland Railway's route to Derby and
Nuneaton to pass under the L&B to reappear alongside the L&B as seen
above. The Midland Railway's route to Bristol via Camp Hill also used the pair
of lines to the right although they curved to the West instead of burrowing
under the L&B route.
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