Warwickshire Railways: Book Review
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET PART 2 - Expansion and Improvement
1860 to 1923 by Richard Foster
Softback Cover, 215mm x 275 mm, 112 pages, Black and White
Photographs and Illustrations
Wild Swan Publications. ISBN: 978-0-906867-79-2 Cover price
£8.95 (Now outof Print)
Intended as a four part study, parts One to Three have been
published to-date.
Part One - Background and Beginnings: The Years up to
1860; Part Two - Expansion and Improvement: 1860 to 1923; Part Three -
LMS Days: 1923-1947.
The development of Birmingham as a major industrial and
commercial centre began with the construction of the Birmingham Canal. The size
and importance of the town grew rapidly as soon as railway communications were
established and development of the central area into the form it has today,
began with the construction of New Street station. The rise of Birmingham's
importance was such that during the 1880s it was accorded City status while the
station had to be doubled in size. Throughout its history New Street station
has had considerable influence on the city's progress and development.
Contents are:
- Developments and Expansion around
Birmingham
- New Street Station 1860 - 1923
- The Queens Hotel
- New Street Passenger Traffic up to
1923
- Accidents at New Street
- Curzon Street 1860 - 1923
- Curzon Street Freight Traffic up to
1923
Richard Foster has set the standard of historical
research for books on railways within the County of Warwickshire and beyond.
Few will be able to equal it. As stated in one review The three books are
Quality history, profusely illustrated.
Mike Musson
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