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The Birmingham-Peterborough Line connects Birmingham New Street
to Peterborough via Leicester. The route through Birmingham was surveyed by George
Stephenson in 1835. Trains heading for Derby, Yorkshire and the north-east may switch to the Cross Country Line at Whitacre Junction in Water Orton. |
| Map of Birmingham-Peterborough Line through Birmingham (Top) |
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| Whitacre Junction (Top) |
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Trains travelling from Peterborough towards Birmingham will pass
through Whitacre Junction at Water Orton. Whitacre Junction connects the Birmingham-Peterborough Line to the Cross Country Line. Trains heading for Nottingham, Yorkshire, the north-east and Scotland will switch to the Cross Country Line at Whitacre Junction. |
| Minworth Sewage Treatment Works (Top) |
| Trains travelling towards Birmingham from Whitacre Junction will run through Water Orton Station and past a belt of suburban housing and woodland before reaching Water Orton Junction by the Minworth Sewage Works. |
| Water Orton Junction (Top) |
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Water Orton Junction connects the Birmingham-Peterborough Line
to the Sutton
Park Line. Freight services heading for Walsall may switch
to the Sutton Park Line in order to avoid
central Birmingham.
Water Orton Junction is in Castle Vale, next to the Castle Vale Enterprise Park, the Castle Vale Nature Conservation Area and the Farnborough Recreation Ground. |
| Castle Bromwich Business Park (Top) |
| From Water Orton Junction, the line bridges the River Tame and passes Parkhall Wood and Langley Hill. It then rides on a tree-lined embankment between the Castle Vale Housing Estate and the Castle Bromwich Business Park before travelling beneath the A452 Chester Road. |
| Fort Dunlop (Top) |
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Heading west from Chester Road, the line skirts Castle Vale
Retail Park and then runs alongside the elevated M6, the
canalised River Tame and the A47 Fort Parkway before passing the
vast Edwardian Fort Dunlop: once the world's largest factory and
now a retail and office development with a built-on Travelodge. A new park-and-ride station (Fort Hill Parkway) has been proposed for this section of the line. |
| Bromford Bridge Towers (Top) |
| From Fort Dunlop, the route runs alongside the M6, A47 and River Tame, past Fort Retail Park, the Fort Parkway trading estates and the high-rise towers of the Bromford Bridge Housing Estate. |
| Bromford Lane on the Outer Circle (Top) |
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Heading west from the Bromford Bridge tower blocks, the line
runs beneath the M6 and then bridges the canalised River Tame by
the Central Business Park. It then continues beneath the
Bromford Lane Intersection on the Outer Circle and past the former site of Bromford Bridge Station which closed in 1965. Three boys stoned the Birmingham-Nottingham train on this section of the line on Monday 15th November 2010; their actions caused £10,000 damage and 94 service delays (News Headlines 25/05/11). |
| Heartlands Parkway (Top) |
| Heading west from Bromford, the line bridges the canalised River Tame for a second time and then runs beneath a viaduct carrying the A47 Heartlands Parkway |
| LDV Factory (Top) |
| From the A47 viaduct, the line travels past the Business Post depot and the vast former site of the LDV vehicle assembly plant and its sidings. |
| Washwood Heath Viaduct (Top) |
| Heading west from the LDV plant, the line runs beneath the Washwood Heath Viaduct and past the former site of the Metro Cammel Works. |
| Aston Church Road (Top) |
| From the Metro Cammel Works, the route swings southwards, away from the M6 and the River Tame, past Saltley Gas Works and then beneath the Stechford Avoiding Line and Aston Church Road. |
| Saltley Viaduct (Top) |
| Heading south from Aston Church Road, the route runs alongside the A47 and the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Branch Canal, past the Bloomsbury Housing Estate and Saltley Business Park, before travelling beneath Saltley Viaduct at the former site of Saltley Station which closed in 1965. |
| Duddeston Mill (Top) |
| From Saltley, the route passes the Mainstream Business Park and TNT postal depot before travelling beneath Duddeston Mill Road and through the Duddeston Mill Trading Estate towards Proof House Junction. |
| Proof House Junction (Top) |
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Proof House Junction connects the Birmingham-Peterborough Line
to the
West Coast Mainline and the
Camp Hill
Freight Line. It is named after a former firing range
operated by the Gun Barrels Proof House. Trains heading west towards New Street Station will travel on the same route as the West Coast Mainline. Look here for information about the route to Birmingham New Street from Proof House Junction. |
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