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Yardley Road, BIRMINGHAM, B27 6EB

A sad sight. Pubs are still closing because, it is said, low supermarket prices have encouraged some people to drink at home. What other use could be found for a pub?

Situated at top of 'The Avenue' next to the railway station, named after the original railway company GWR. The site once (in 1888) had a hotel of the same name.

Opened in 1852 by the Great Western Railway on its line from Oxford to Birmingham Snow Hill. View north west towards Tyseley and Birmingham on a misty morning. The footbridge and lifts are a recent addition - see Image] for a comparison with 2011. The car park to the left is the site of a second island platform - this used to be a four platform station.

Acocks Green station was opened on the Great Western Railway's main line in 1852 in what must then have been a very rural area. The suburb has since developed as a mixed area, a buffer between inner city Sparkbrook and leafy Solihull. Today the station, whose entrance on Sherbourne Road is seen here, has a frequent service of trains running from Snow Hill and Moor Street. The bus stop is served by buses on Birmingham's outer circle no 11 route (the 'c' suffix indicating that this is in the clockwise direction), claimed to be the longest urban bus route in Europe at 27 miles.

Acocks Green Station looking north-east, towards Birmingham Moor Street from platform level, showing station buildings on a bridge at road-level (on Sherbourne Road). The car-park is to the left. There is disabled access to the platform from the car-park and Sherbourne Road by lifts.

The buildings at Acocks Green are at street level with steps down to the island platform where there is a metal and glass shelter. This view, taken in the rain, is looking towards Tyseley.

Acocks Green station is on the route of buses 11A and 11C. Service 11 is the Outer Circle route following Birmingham's outer ring road. Other places served are listed. A bus is seen in Image

Road bridge entrance to Acocks Green Station. Notice the bus stop (11 'Outer Circle') for buses into village). The right-hand section of station at this time was used exclusively by a 3rd party company. The second island platform that was here at the time has since been removed and is car-park accessed from this side of station. Notice also, the old white-on-blue station name place, replaced more recently by the awful Centro / white-on-red sign. See Image] for same location today.

The strong colouring of this building derives from both brick and terracotta.

Opened in 1852 by the Great Western Railway on its line from Oxford to Birmingham Snow Hill. View north west towards Tyseley and Birmingham, before a footbridge with lifts was built, obscuring some of this view - see Image The car park to the left is the site of a second island platform - this used to be a four platform station.