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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Birmingham New Street - Southern Approaches: mrbhm_sa1900
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Looking towards Gloucester Junction with the line to New Street
on the left and to Saltley on the right on 22nd August 1954. The line to
Saltley can be seen descending to pass under the former London & Birmingham
Railway (L&BR) line from Euston to New Street (see image 'mrbhm_sa2325' for a view of the bridge) whilst the
line to New Street starts to climb around Gloucester Junction (see image 'mrbhm_sa1899' for a view of the curve) to join the
L&BR line by Grand Junction signal box. The bridge framing this scene is
carrying Garrison Lane over the railway. Whilst mainly used by freight services
working from Washwood Heath to Kings Norton and the West of England, some
freight services were transferred to the GWR via Bordesley Junction. In
addition to New Street to Gloucester passenger services being diverted via this
route when engineering work on the West Suburban Railway was being carried out,
a number of passenger services from Derby would bypass New Street by this route
including during the summer the weekday Pines Express.
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