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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Birmingham New Street - Southern Approaches:
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Looking towards Proof House signal cabin from Park Street bridge
with the LNWR lines on the left and the MR lines on right. Banbury Street
ticket platform was located adjacent to Proof House signal cabin which can just
be seen in the distance. The need for a ticket platform was the result of New
Street being an open station, that is it had no barriers to stop people
entering or leaving. Therefore to prevent ticket fraud all trains would be
stopped prior to entering the station in order for the passenger tickets to be
collected or checked. Banbury Street ticket platform replaced the two at
Gloucester Junction (as Curzon Street was also an open station) when New Street
opened and closed when the line was quadrupled.
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