File:Olton Interchange outside Olton Station, Station Drive, Olton - 4739223405.jpg
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English: This is Olton Station from Station Drive in Olton.
Went here because I wanted to get shots of the Olton Interchange. It is a sculpture of a King on a horse. The only bus I'm aware of going past here is the 37 (which I've been on). Is there other bus routes round here? Or is it to swap from a bus to train (and vice versa). Information here about the King of Olton Stainless steel Olton Station Note Olton is in Solihull, not Birmingham (but is close to the border with Acocks Green in Birmingham). John McKenna is part of Art for Architecture (aka A4A). Originally made for Centro. Now branded in Network West Midlands colours. Olton station opened in 1869 on the GWR's Oxford & Birmingham extension and had for some sixty-seven years a two platform configuration. It was never seen as as a station of significant importance not even warranting a goods yard until 1933 when it was rebuilt, in common with other stations approaching Birmingham, with two island platforms. However the station developed from a mainly rural outpost to becoming a busy commuter route to Birmingham. The increase in capacity did not however lead to an increase in station staff as Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith in their book 'Banbury to Birmingham' record that staff numbers fell from eleven in 1923 to seven in 1935. Olton had three signal boxes with the first signal box being located at the Leamington end of the up platform. This signal box was replaced in January 1907 when the GWR installed passing loops to the West of the station and constructed a new signal box controlling the junction. The third signal box was equipped with 31 levers and replaced the junction signal box when the station was remodelled in 1933 and was finally closed in 1969. Above information from Warwickshire Railways - Olton Station |
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| Author | Elliott Brown |
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