LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry Barr-Birmingha

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Winson Green Station: lnwrwg100a

Close up of image 'lnwrwg100' showing the passenger waiting room erected in timber on Winson Green station's island platform. When the line to Perry Barr was built Winson Green station was modified to accommodate the extra pair of tracks. The up original platform was converted to an island platform but still served by the original passenger staircase. A larger waiting room was erected in order to serve both routes and was equipped with two waiting rooms. It is believed that one was the general waiting room whilst the other was for ladies only, a common facility from the opening of railways up to the outbreak of the First World War. The down platform on the Perry Barr route was served by a fully enclosed timber footbridge which can be seen above the island waiting room. The lamp post on the right appears to have been converted from gas to electrical power whilst the wall mounted lamp on the Perry Barr route's down platform is a more modern built for purpose design with the wiring contained in external tubular ducting.

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