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Birmingham New Street - Southern Approaches: lnwrbhm_sa2323

Looking towards Proof House signal cabin from Park Street bridge with the LNWR lines on the left and the MR lines on right

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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