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London North Western
Railway:
 Midland
Railway:
 Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Grand Junction Railway LMS Route: Birmingham
New Street to Lichfield LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry
Barr-Birmingham
Aston Station: lnwra2358
Looking towards Witton station as platelayers and other
members of the Permanent Way gang prepare the bridge. Having moved the fully
prepared bridge sideways to align with the track the platelayers would only
then need to place the ballast, lay the sleepers and join the rails to the
track on either side of the bridge. The bridge replaced one of the arches of a
once longer viaduct of ten arches, described as "one of the most beautiful
structures on the line of the Grand Junction Railway. The building of Aston
shed and the line to Stechford plus other sidings had gradually replaced the
viaduct since its opening. The replacement bridge had a much longer span which
helped to open up this traffic bottleneck.
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