LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Kings Heath Station: mrkh727a

Close up of image 'mrkh727' showing the 1873 up platform building containing the Ladies waiting room and gentlemen's waiting room. Towards the last quarter of the 19th century the railway proved to be extremely popular with passengers with up to 184,000 passengers using the station in 1900. However from 1907 the number of passengers declined to less than half as the railway faced competition from the electric trams introduced to replace the steam trams. This was a common situation facing most of the stations located near to the city centre with most being closed by the outbreak of the Second World War.

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