Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Initially named Grimes Hill Halt when first opened to passengers on 1st June 1908 when the North Warwickshire Railway first became operational to passenger traffic, it was later renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Halt on 12th July 1914 and then again on 11th July 1927, when this time it was renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform. This appears to have coincided with an upgrade in the facilities available at the Platform as improvements were authorised on 26th January 1928 including extension of up side waiting room, new ladies waiting room, new lavatory accommodation and paraffin vapor lighting to replace the oil lamps. The suffix was dropped on the 9th of July 1934 and it finally became Wythall on 6th May 1974. Information in the 1929 Railway Clearing House (RCH) Station Handbook indicates the Platform has started to handle Parcel Traffic, which infers the station was manned at least from this point onwards as the 1956 RCH Handbook also has an identical entry. The station had no goods facilities with only limited access being available for passengers via a footpath on either side of the road bridge from the Norton Lane.

Robert Ferris

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Ref: gwrgh87 Postcard Looking towards Norton Lane road bridge and Stratford from the Birmingham end of the down platform

Ref: gwrgh87a Postcard Close up of the down platform's Pagoda waiting room and the path and gated entrance on Norton Lane

Ref: gwrgh87b Postcard Close up of Grimes Hill Halt's up platform and Pagoda waiting room and gated access off Norton Lane

Ref: gwrgh88 P Hopkins Looking towards Stratford showing the additional building on the up platform and the booking office

Ref: gwrgh2923 C Gilbert Looking towards Birmingham in the late 1930s with a train in the distance about to arrive at the up platform

Ref: gwrgh88b P Hopkins Close up of the additional passenger buildings on the up platform built to handle the increase in commuter traffic

Ref: gwrgh89 Lens of Sutton Looking toward Birmingham from the down platform showing the replacement structure

Ref: gwrgh89b P Hopkins Close up of the Pagoda waiting room on the down platform viewed from the north end of the station

Ref: gwrgh2921 Stations UK A view of the gable end of Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform's road side booking office circa 1960s

Ref: gwrgh2910 Wythall History Society Looking across the two lines towards the building housing the Booking Office and the cycle rack to its right

Ref: gwrgh88a P Hopkins Close up of the new station sign 'Grimes Hill & Withall' and the Booking Office located on Norton Lane

Ref: gwrgh86 Lens of Sutton A 1950s view of the Booking Office standing on Norton Lane at the approach to the up platform

Ref: gwrgh86a Lens of Sutton Close up of the Booking Office on Norton Lane, the ticket office was on the left under the canopy

Ref: gwrgh2916 BPC Whythall station's Booking Office in the early part of the 21st century seen from the down platform

Ref: gwrgh2917 Stations UK Looking northwards from Norton Lane bridge towards Birmingham on a sunny day sometime in the late 1950s

Ref: gwrgh2909 Wythall History Society View from Norton Lane Bridge towards Birmingham with Grimes Hill and Wythall Platform seen below

Ref: gwrgh2920 Wythall History Society Looking across to Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform's derelict and abandoned passenger buildings on the up platform

Ref: gwrgh89a Lens of Sutton Close up of the replacement waiting room on the up platform which replaced the two Pagoda buildings

Ref: gwrgh2918 Wythall History Society Looking south towards Stratford upon Avon from the northern end of Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform

Ref: gwrgh2919 Wythall History Society Another view of the Grimes Hill & Wythall 's two platform's from the norther end of the station

Ref: gwrgh85 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Stratford along the down platform towards the replacement platform waiting room

Ref: gwrgh85a Lens of Sutton Close up of the replacement passenger waiting room on the down and the exit to Norton Lane

Ref: gwrgh2924 Ordnance Survey A 1938 Ordnance Survey map of Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform and its road level Booking Office

Trains seen at Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform

Ref: gwrgh2885 TJ Edgington Ex-GWR 2-6-2T No 5104 stands at Grimes Hill station with the 4:30pm Moor Street to Henley-in-Arden service

Ref: gwrgh2915 RJ Buckley BR built 4-6-0 No 6995 'Benthall Hall' passes through Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform with a southbound freight

Ref: gwrgh1375 M Mensing A Derby built DMU is seen arriving at the station on the 10:35am Stratford upon Avon to Snow Hill service

Ref: gwrgh2884 J Sellick A three-car 'Cross Country' Diesel Multiple Unit stands at Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform on 15th May 1959