Yardley Wood Platform

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Yardley Wood Platform, opened 1908, was the third station along the North Warwickshire line from Tyseley towards Stratford upon Avon and due to the level of facilities provided was obviously considered by the GWR to to offer potential for future growth. Unlike any other stations on the line it had a Booking Office and Waiting Room located at road level adjacent to the bridge that crossed the line. Access to both platforms was off Highfield Road via two sloping pathways, from either side of the bridge, to each platform. The station had no goods facilities because presumably the stations on either side had goods facilities. Two semi-detached houses were built on the down side of the station facing out on to Highfield Road. These were provided for station staff of which three provided cover when the station first opened on 1st July 1908.

Much of the information on this and other pages of Warwickshire Railways is derived from articles or books listed in our 'bibliography'.

Ref: gwryw525 Postcard Looking towards Trittiford Road showing Yardley Wood station's road side booking office on Highfield Road

Ref: gwryw525a Postcard Close up of of the booking office, waiting room and access to the down platform from the gated entrance

Ref: gwryw530 Postcard Looking towards Stratford upon Avon with the down platform on the left and the up platform on the right

Ref: gwryw530a Postcard Close up showing the down platform waiting room which accommodated only a general waiting room and toilets

Ref: gwryw530b Lens of Sutton Close up of the up platform building which also housed a separate ladies waiting room and toilets

Ref: gwryw528 P Hopkins Looking towards Birmingham with the up platform on the left and beyond, the roadside booking office

Ref: gwryw528a P Hopkins Close up of the up platform building with its two chimneys for three fireplaces in the waiting rooms and ladies

Ref: gwryw668 Lens of Sutton Looking south as a 'motor fitted' GWR 517 class 0-4-2T locomotive propels a 'push-pull' train from Yardley Wood

Ref: gwryw527 Lens of Sutton Looking north from the Birmingham end of the up platform showing the station has changed little fifty years

Ref: gwryw527a Lens of Sutton Close up of the down platform building and its single waiting room and, on the far side, the gentlemen's toilets

Ref: gwryw529 Lens of Sutton Looking towards Highfield Road bridge showing the station in the final years of steam operation on the line

Ref: gwryw529a Lens of Sutton Close up showing the up platform building viewed from the Stratford upon Avon side of Yardley Wood station

Ref: gwryw529b Lens of Sutton Close up of the footpath from Highfield Road to the down platform still retaining its timber and metal railings

Ref: gwryw2906 Stations UK Looking north towards Highfield Road bridge in the early 1960s, a scene little changed in half a century

Ref: gwryw2914 BPC Side view of Yardley Wood Platform's Booking Office which was located adjacent to the bridge at road level

Trains seen at Yardley Wood Halt

Ref: gwryw668a Lens of Sutton Close up of the unidentified motor fitted GWR 517 class 0-4-2T locomotive sandwiched between two Autocoaches

Ref: gwryw526 P Hopkins GWR 4-6-0 No 5930 'Hanngton Hall' passes through at the head of a down West Country excursion train

Ref: gwryw2912 M Mensing Ex-GWR 2-6-0 43xx Class No 5306 passes through Yardley Wood on a down empty stock working in August 1959

Ref: gwryw2901 J Sellick A recently introduced Diesel Multiple Unit stands at Yardley Wood Platform's up platform on 15th May 1959

Ref: gwryw2902 G Dowling BR Sulzer 45010, is at the head of the evening Bescot to Severn Tunnel Junction freight on 22nd June 1976

Ref: gwryw2912 RJ Buckley Ex-GWR 4-6-0 10xx Class No 1011 'County of Chester' on a down freight on 21st September 1964

Ordnance Survey Maps of Yardley Wood Platform

Ref: gwryw2905 Ordnance Survey A 1916 Ordnance Survey Map showing the access to and configuration of Yardley Wood Platform

Ref: gwryw2904 Ordnance Survey A 1937 OS Map showing the station which, other than additional roadside buildings, retains the same layout