Disused Stations: Sutton Coldfield Town Station

[Source: Terry Callaghan]

The up platform building viewed from the down platform on 13 March 1988 there is a marked contrast with the previos shot taken from the Merseyside express, the building now being open to the elements and clearly unused.
Photo by Richard Coghlan

The down platform building has certainly fared better over the years than the up, it continues to be used as offices today and this was its function when photographed on 13 March 1988 from the up platform.
Photo by Richard Coghlan

The interior of the Sutton Coldfield Town up platform waiting room seen on on 27 September 2012. The roof braces still support gas pipes for the rooms lighting.
Photo by Terry Callaghan

In this view from 27 September 2012 floor tiles are still evident in the down platform waiting at Sutton Coldfield Town station.
Photo by Terry Callaghan

The station buildings at Sutton Coldfield Town are constructed from locally made bricks. Lloyd and Son were still operational in 1913 based at the Sutton Old Yard and Wheatmore brick works. This brick was photographed on the up platform on 27 September 2012.
Photo by Terry Callaghan

Bench seating in the waiting room on the up platform of Sutton Coldfield Town station on 27 September 2012. It was still in situ despite the station being closed for nearly 90 years.
Photo by Terry Callaghan

A section of Midland Railway style fencing on the up platform at
Sutton Coldfield Town on 27 September 2012.
Photo by Terry Callaghan

On 22 November 2013 Freightliner's 66 593 passes the site of the station with a southbound Intermodal service. The down platform buildings, visible, have new tenants continuing to be well maintained with, hopefully, a secure future. Despite, again, being listed in the West Midlands action plan the reintroduction of the passenger service has yet to bear fruit.
Photo by Terry Callaghan

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