LMS Route: Grand Junction Railway
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry Barr-Birmingham

Aston Station: lnwra2301colour

A colourisation by Stephen Arrandale of a photograph by DJ Norton of the view of the entrance to Aston station, still in LMS livery, and Lichfield Road overbridge on 23rd March 1953. Trams No 678 and No 706 are seen passing the station whilst working inward and outward 79 services from Steelhouse Lane to Pype Hayes Park. Within a few months of this photograph being taken all of Birmingham's trams were withdrawn with routes No 78 and 79 being the very last, closing on 4th July 1953. Tram No 678 was built in 1924 and had seating for 28 people and standing for 35 people whilst Tram No 706 was built in 1925 with the same seating capacity. Once Birmingham had the fourth largest tramway network in the UK after London, Glasgow and Manchester with a total of 843 trams of which a maximum of 825 trams would be in service at any one time. There were some twenty depots, forty-five main routes and a total route mileage of 80½ miles.

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