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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Small Heath and Sparkbrook Station: gwrsh1335

General view of the original 1863 station looking in the direction of Snow Hill showing the booking office erected on Golden Hillock Road over bridge

General view of the original 1863 station looking in the direction of Snow Hill showing the booking office erected on Golden Hillock Road over bridge. The platforms were lengthened at the Tyseley end of the station to accommodate the larger trains required to convey the increase in commuter traffic in the late 19th century. In common with other stations built at the opening or shortly afterwards its two platforms were built at a distance from each other to accommodate a pair of Broad Gauge tracks hence the very wide 'six foot' gap between the two tracks. The description 'six foot' emanated from the fact that the space was approximately six feet between rails.

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