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In 1846, the LNWR had obtained an act of Parliament, the London and Birmingham Railway (New Street Station) Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccclix), to extend their line into the centre of Birmingham, which involved the acquisition of some 1.2 hectares (3 acres) of land and the demolition of around 70 houses in Peck Lane, The Froggery, Queen Street ...
Birmingham New Street is Birmingham's principal railway station and one of the principal stations of the UK rail network. [1] The station is managed by Network Rail [2] and its main entrance is located on Stephenson Street. New Street is the main gateway for most people arriving in the city and serves most of the city rail services, providing ...
The Snow Hill Lines is the collective name for the railway lines running through Birmingham Snow Hill, and Birmingham Moor Street stations in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [1] [2] They form an important part of the suburban rail network of Birmingham, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. All other lines to/through Birmingham use Birmingham New Street ...
Birmingham New Street Signal Box is a railway signal box in Birmingham, central England.It is situated on the corner of Brunel and Navigation Streets and at the west end of the platforms of Birmingham New Street railway station.
The original station was opened on 12 August 1839 [1] by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, a forerunner of the Midland Railway, on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London. Later, in 1842, the B&DJ built a branch to Birmingham, terminating at Lawley Street railway station.
Services from the station go to Birmingham New Street 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (17.3 km) south on the Walsall Line, (operated on behalf of Transport for West Midlands), and north to Cannock and Rugeley. The station has three platforms: Platform 1: operating northbound, semi-fast services from Birmingham New Street to Rugeley Trent Valley;
The station opened on 3 April 1876 [1] as the temporary southern terminus of the Birmingham West Suburban Railway, while the difficult construction of the junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway was completed at Kings Norton. Stirchley Street opened as a single platform with later
The Birmingham–Peterborough line is a cross-country railway line in the England, linking Birmingham, Leicester and Peterborough, via Nuneaton, Oakham and Stamford [1] Since the Beeching Axe railway closures in the 1960s, it is the only direct railway link between the West Midlands and the East of England .