LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Bournville Station: mrb478a

Close up of image 'mrb478' showing the passenger steps which led up from Bournville station's platform to Maryvale Road. The station nameboard, also called a 'running in board' was erected by British Railways circa 1954 and was painted a maroon background with cream/straw lettering. Each region of British Railways had their own colour. The regional colours were:

• Midland Region - Maroon
• Scottish Region - Light blue
• North Eastern Region - Tangerine
• Eastern Region - Light Green
• Southern Region - Dark Green
• Western Region - Brown (although they did try black as an experiment for Western Region signs).

The concrete electric lamps were also erected under British Railways' patronage.

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