LMS Route: Birmingham to Wolverhampton

Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str415

View of one of the hand-operated roller departure timetable blinds introduced by the LMS being changed at New Street station. The platforms are still numbered 1 to 6 on the departure blind as the more logical system of numbering platform faces was not introduced until the end of 1946. For those old enough to remember, these pre-electronic departure roller blinds are nearly as evocative as the sight of trains being hauled by steam engines. The step ladder obscures a newspaper headline stating 'Mr Eden's Warning to Nation'.

The times shown include: the 6 39 Stations to Worcester except Kings Heath from Platform 5; the 6 40 Stations to Wolverhampton from Platform 2; the 6 50 to Tamworth, Burton and Derby from Platform 5; the 6 58 to Adderley Park, Stetchford, Hampton in Arden and Coventry from Platform 1; the 7 10 to Five Ways, Selly Oak, Bournville and Lifford from Platform 6 and the 7 10 to Stechford, Berkswell, Tile Hill and Coventry from Platform 1 to name but a few. 1st October 1938

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