Birmingham New Street Station: Looking East along Platform One in November 1965 whilst opposite Platform Three the erection of the new station continues apace

LMS Routes

London North Western Railway:

Rugby to Wolverhampton
Rugby to Leamington
Rugby to Market Harborough
Nuneaton to Leamington
Coventry Loop Line
Leamington to Weedon
Trent Valley Line
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Birmingham New Street to Harborne
Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham

Midland Railway:

Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Evesham to Birmingham
Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Rugby to Leicester
Water Orton to Walsall
Halesowen to Northfield

Stratford Midland Junction Railway

The Shakespeare Route

Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str1906

Looking East along Platform One in November 1965 whilst opposite Platform Three the erection of the new station continues apace. This view shows how the stock of ex-emergency steel girders left over from the Second World War were employed to provide temporary cover after the roof was demolished. The narrow platforms compelled the authorities to support each end of the girders from each platform with the roof covering ceasing over the tracks to allow the smoke to dissipate. The temporary cover provided by the girders lasted for twenty years not being replaced until the construction of the 1960s design.