GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1161

View of the packed meal service located on Platform 7 which was the alternative to dining in the train's restaurant car in the early 1960s. The inscription on the carton read 'A Packed Meal Made at the Principal Railway Refreshment Rooms. Behind is one of the train 'fingerboards', which advised passengers as to which platform the service would depart, particularly useful in Snow Hill's case as the main through platforms had different platform numbers for each end of the station. The 'fingerboard' was changed for each service with the one on display showing the next service to call at platform 7 was the express to Paddington calling at Leamington and Banbury. In the rack at the foot of the column are many others including one for Stratford upon Avon, Gloucester and Cheltenham and another for Henley in Arden. This was a useful feature as the main through platforms had different platform numbers for each end of the station. The train driver standing behind the fingerboards is thought to be Bill Saywell of Leamington Spa shed.

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