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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Soho and Perry
Barr
Curzon Street Station and Shed: lnwrcs2169
Drawing showing the extent and layout of the various
buildings of the London & Birmingham and Grand Junction stations as they
were in 1845, when the proposals for the Central station in Birmingham were put
forward. Note the single-sided arrangement of the platforms in the Grand
Junction station and how Franklin's Curzon Street frontage was in reality
simply an imposing wall to screen what lay behind. The centre section of the
wall was that between points C and D and the flanking wings were between B and
C and D and E. The letters G indicate the positions of the four main door-
ways. The blocks of buildings on New Canal Street, between Hardwick's main
frontage and Banbury Street, which prevented the completion of his gateways,
are shown. These were not demolished until after the station closed to
passengers.
Richard Foster
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