LMS Route: Birmingham - Soho Road- Perry Barr - Birmingham

Handsworth Wood Station: lnwr_hw3614

Looking towards Walsall, and the tunnel portal, from the footbridge joining the two parts of Handsworth Park circa 1930s. By the 1930s the station had been downgraded to the status of a Halt with the consequence of becoming unstaffed. This reflected the increase in competition from the Corporation bus services and the impact of the economic slump caused by the Wall Street crash. The lighter coloured ballast on the up line indicates that the line has been re-ballasted only a few weeks previously.

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