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: gwrag1800 GWR An example of the Great Western Railway's information posters issued during the First World War

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

Ref: gwrag1859 M Mensing Ex-Great Western Railway 43XX class 2-6-0 No7307 in unlined green livery leaves Acocks Green Station