The Hawthorns railway station and tram stop, West Midlands
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The Hawthorns railway station and tram stop, West Midlands
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 24 Jan 2018
Opened in 1995 on the line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge (right hand pair of tracks), and 1999 for the Midland Metro (left hand pair of tracks) on the tram line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. View east towards Handsworth & Smethwick and Birmingham. From 1931 to 1968 there was a halt here with one platform on the far right, the other three platforms unusually being behind the camera position (see Image). Also see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/the_hawthorns/index.shtml for more information.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.505372
Longitude
-1.964598