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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield

Wylde Green Station: lnwrwg3357a

Close up showing the station's down booking office on the left and the up booking office on the right

Close up of image 'lnwrwg3357' showing the station's down booking office on the left and the up booking office on the right. The immediate difference between the two is that the up platform's later design allowed the flat roof to project forwards in order to provide a canopy covering the entire platform to the rails, whereas the 1862 design had a hipped roof with only a slight overhang which ran around all four sides on the structure. The local stopping trains were of fixed formation in that the carriages at the Sutton Coldfield end of a train were for First Class passengers and the carriages at the New Street end were for Third Class passengers. Notices advising passengers where to stand can be seen above: a Third Class sign being immediately behind the down platform's booking office sign and a First Class sign being located adjacent to and opposite the booking office on the up platform.

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