Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str1863

View from the Queens Hotel looking across to the West end of Platform 3 showing the signals controlling access to the tunnel to Wolverhampton. To the left beneath the soot and smoke encrusted glazed gable of the original train shed can be seen the columns supporting the 'Paxton roof' named after Joseph Paxton, gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. This extra roof was required because under the LNWR's original Act the station had to be completely under cover. On the right of Platform 1 in the foreground is the ramp leading to the subway which was extended beyond the station to provide direct access to the Post Office.

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