LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Moseley Station: mrms852a

Close up of image 'mrms852' showing the 'new' general passenger waiting room erected on Moseley Station's down platform. The building would have been erected in response to the rise in passenger numbers from the mid-1890s. The Midland Railway had with the opening of the Lifford Curve introduced a circular service starting and finishing at New Street and travelling via Camp Hill and the Birmingham West Suburban railway. This unfortunately came at the same time that competition from public transport in the form of trams and later buses started. The regularity, lower fares and more convenient routes made it increasingly difficult for 'inner' city stations to compete.

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