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Route of Birmingham-Stratford Line through Birmingham |
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Overview |
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The Birmingham and Stratford Line was completed in 1908 by the
Birmingham and North Warwickshire Railway: a subsidiary of the
Great Western. 7.5 miles of the line runs through Birmingham
from Yardley Wood to the Jewellery Quarter via the city centre. |
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Birmingham Stations on the Birmingham-Stratford Line
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The following 9 Birmingham stations are on the
Birmingham-Stratford Line:
Yardley
Wood,
Hall Green,
Spring
Road,
Tyseley,
Small Heath,
Bordesley,
Birmingham Moor Street,
Birmingham Snow Hill and
Jewellery Quarter. |
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Map of Birmingham-Stratford Line through Birmingham
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This map only shows the route of the Birmingham-Stratford Line
through Birmingham. Look
here for a complete map of the line. |
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Scribers Lane
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Heading north from Stratford, the line enters Birmingham in the wooded
Cole Valley, travelling on an embankment above Slade Lane and Scribers
Lane and passing the Scribers Lane Allotments, Scribers Lane Recreation
Ground and a belt of suburban housing. |
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Trittiford Mill Pond
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From Scribers Lane, the line continues northwards past Trittiford Mill
Pond which once powered a corn mill but is now the centrepiece of a
suburban park. |
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Yardley Wood
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After Trittiford Mill Pond, the line reaches
Yardley Wood
Station which lies in a cutting beneath Highfield Road. |
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Robin Hood Lane
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| Heading north from Highfield Road, the line
continues in a wooded cutting roughly parallel to Cole Valley
Road before crossing the Outer Circle on a viaduct above Robin
Hood Lane. |
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Stonewood Avenue
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From Robin Hood Lane, the line curves in a north-easterly direction past
the Marion Way Recreation Ground and beneath Stonewood Avenue, running
in a wooded cutting roughly parallel to Southam Road: the birthplace of
comedian Tony Hancock. |
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Stratford Road
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Heading northwards from Southam Road, the line passes Hall Green
Secondary School and South Birmingham College and then runs under Cole
Bank Road and Stratford Road before passing through the Stratford Road
trading estates and arriving at
Hall Green Station. |
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Shaftmoor Industrial
Estate
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From Hall Green Station, the line continues northwards through the York
Road industrial estates, past Hall Green Greyhound Stadium and then
beneath York Road and Shaftmoor Road and through a belt of suburban
housing before reaching
Spring Road
Station on the Shaftmoor Industrial Estate. |
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Tyseley Junction
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Heading northwards from the Shaftmoor Industrial Estate, the line passes
the Mayfield Road Allotments and Yarnfield housing estate and then runs
in a cutting beneath Mayfield Road and Warwick Road before arriving at
Tyseley Junction. Tyseley Junction connects the Birmingham-Stratford
Line to the
Leamington-Worcester Line. |
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Beyond Tyseley Junction
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From Tyseley Junction, the line continues westwards into central
Birmingham on the route of the
Leamington-Worcester Railway.
Look here for information about the
route from Tyseley Junction. |
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