Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str437

View of the passenger footbridge from Queens Drive looking towards Stephenson Street and Platforms 1 to 6 of New Street station. The tobacconist and the staircase to Platform 6 are within the building seen on the LNWR's former Platform 3, British Railways having renumbered the station in a more logical and sequential manner to the previous system. Whereas the footbridge was originally protected by the great train shed, the removal of the train shed after the Second World War compelled British Railways to provide passengers with protection from the elements. As can be seen above this was in the form of steel beams providing a low ridge roof covered in sheeting.

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