PHOTO BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET STATION UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PHOTOGENIC OF BIRMING

Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET STATION UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PHOTOGENIC OF BIRMINGHAM'S THREE CITY CENTRE STATIONS WITH MORE THAN A NOD TO TRADITIONAL GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STYLE MOOR STREET HAS AN UNUSUAL LAYOUT AND A COMPLEX RECENT HISTORY. ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1909 (ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT BUILDING DATES FROM 1914) AS A TERMINUS STATION TO RELIEVE SNOW HILL OF SUBURBAN TRAFFIC FROM SOUTH OF THE CITY IT CHANGED ROLE IN 1987 TO BECOME A THROUGH STATION WHEN SNOW HILL REOPENED. THIS MEANT BUILDING TWO NEW THROUGH PLATFORMS - THE ONES SEEN HERE - WHERE NONE HAD EVER EXISTED BEFORE - AND CLOSING THE FORMER TERMINAL PLATFORMS. IN 2010 THE OLD PART OF THE STATION WAS REOPENED AGAIN TO RELIEVE SNOW HILL BUT THIS TIME FOR CHILTERN RAILWAY'S SERVICES TO MARYLEBONE. THIS IS THE VIEW LOOKING INTO SNOW HILL TUNNEL A ROUTE THAT WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED FOR ABOUT TWENTY YEARS BUT IS NOW VERY BUSY WITH TRAINS RUNNING THROUGH TO SNOW HILL STATION AND BEYOND. THE 'BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS' POSTER REFERS TO THE REINSTATEMENT OF CHILTERNS SERVICES BETWEEN LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM FOLLOWING DISRUPTION CAUSED BY A LANDSLIP AT HARBURY SOUTH OF LEAMINGTON SPA. 2015 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) STEPHEN MCKAY PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO SMV-4745 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Stephen McKay obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY

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