Acocks Green Station

GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

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Ref: gwrag1075 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards the road bridge which crossed over the railway adjacent to Acocks Green station which is to the left from Sherbourne Road

Ref: gwrag1067 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Birmingham along the up line with Acocks Green's main station building on the left and the up platform waiting room on the right

Ref: gwrag1070 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Leamington from the Birmingham end of the up platform as a local passenger train for Snow Hill arrives at the down platform

Ref: gwrag16 - Postcard An Edwardian view of Acocks Green station looking towards Birmingham as a local passenger service departs from the down platform

Ref: gwrag16a - Postcard Close up showing Acock Green station's down platform, station staff and passengers after disembarking from train

Ref: gwrag16b - Postcard Close up showing the GWR local passenger service leaving the station for Birmingham and a PW gang working on the track

Ref: gwrag17 - Postcard Another Edwardian view of Acocks Green station from the Leamington end of the up platform looking towards Birmingham

Ref: gwrag17a - Postcard Close up of Acocks Green station's down platform with passengers waiting the arrival of a local service to Birmingham Snow Hill

Ref: gwrag17b - Postcard Close up of the Birmingham end of the up platform showing Acocks Green first signal box and the up passenger building

Ref: gwrag18 - Postcard An Edwardian view of Acocks Green station looking in the direction of Leamington as a down train approaches

Ref: gwrag18b - Postcard Close up of Acocks Green station's up platform and waiting room showing the curvature of the track in the Leamington direction

Ref: gwrag18a - Postcard Close up of Acocks Green station's down platform housing the booking office, general waiting room and ladies room

Ref: gwrag1059 - Acocks Green History Society Looking in the direction of Birmingham during the quadrupling of the line and station by contractors with the 1852 station building seen above the pallet of materials

Ref: gwrag1074 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Birmingham showing the down relief island platform being built prior to the construction of the main up and down island platforms

Ref: gwrag1069 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Leamington as a local passenger service from Leamington arrives at the down relief platform with the down loop line on its right

Ref: gwrag1058 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Acocks Green's new road side station building from Sherbourne Road showing building work still being undertaken above the up main line

Ref: gwrag1057 - Acocks Green History Society View of Acocks Green's station building housing the booking office and sited at road level with two horse-drawn vehicles outside of the building

Ref: gwrag1073 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Leamington as a down local passenger train arrives passes under the footbridge as it enters the down relief platform

Ref: gwrag1065 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Birmingham from the down main platform with the up relief platform on the left and a Permanent Way gang working on the down main line

Ref: gwrag1066 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Leamington with Acocks Green signal box and Woodcock Lane road bridge in the distance prior to the building of the passenger footbridge

Ref: gwrag1068 - Acocks Green History Society Looking towards Birmingham from the Leamington end of the down main platform as passengers alight from an up local train at the up main platform

Ref: gwrag20 - Postcard View of Acocks Green station looking towards Birmingham along relief platform 3 and staff posed on the down main platform

Ref: gwrag20a - Postcard Close up of Acocks Green station's passenger building located on the island housing platforms 3 and 4

Ref: gwrag20b - Postcard Close up showing the new road bridge station structure which included the booking office and footbridge to both platforms

Ref: gwrag19 - Postcard Looking towards Birmingham Snow Hill with the relef down and up platforms on the left and the main down and up platforms on the right

Ref: gwrag19a - Postcard Close up of Acocks Green station's island relief platform with platform No 4 on the left and platform No 3 on the right

Ref: gwrag19b - Postcard Close up of Acocks Green station's main island platform with the down main platform nearest the camera and the up platform the other side

Ref: gwrag1062 - V Blick Looking across from the relief island platform to the main island platform showing the floral display beds with the original covered footbridge in the background

Ref: gwrag1063 - V Blick Looking from the main island platform across to the relief island platform showing another floral display on the platform

Ref: gwrag1064 - V Blick Looking across from the main island platforms to the relief island platforms in the general direction of Leamington showing the passenger footbridge

Ref: gwrag1071 - C.C. Green/H.W. Burman GWR 4-2-2 'Achilles class' No 3050 'Royal Sovereign' is seen standing on the down relief line at the head of a Birmingham bound train

Ref: gwrag1061 - Mike Clark Looking towards Acocks Green station from Woodcock Lane as ex-GWR 4-6-0 No 7008 'Swansea Castle' approaches at the head of an up express

Ref: gwrag1024 - Postcard An unidentified ex-LMS 4-6-0 'Black Five' is seen at the head of a down express service emanating from the south

Ref: gwrag1023 - Postcard An external view of Acocks Green station's 1933 built booking office which was located at road level on Sherbourne Road bridge

Ref: acocks_green_map Layout of Alcocks Green's new station built in 1906 showing the two island platforms serving the main and relief lines