Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str1310c

Close up of the 1950 plan showing the Midland Railway's station offices and platform layout complete with its notorious fish sidings. The extension provided a much better station layout with sufficient space and accommodation for the extensive passenger facilities which were originally designed for three classes of passengers. Shortly after opening the Midland Railway pioneered the concept of just having two classes of rail travel, First and Third Class, with Second Class facilities being withdrawn. The use of the terminology First and Third Class remained on British Railways until the 1960s.

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