IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Downing Street, SMETHWICK, B66 2PP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Downing Street, B66 2PP by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (47 Images Found)
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Midlands Metro at Handsworth
This is the site of the former Handsworth and Smethwick Station on the ex-GWR Main Line between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton Low Level and is an excellent example of railway regeneration.
In the post-Beeching era the original main line was closed on 4th March 1972 and most of the track was removed. All that remained was a track from Smethwick Junction serving some sidings just out of view to the left of the picture. In 1995 two lines were relaid for the re-instatement of the cross-city passenger services from Snow Hill to Smethwick and onwards to Worcester. The train on the right is operating one of these services. Subsequently the other two tracks were replaced and opened in 1999 as part of the Midlands Metro tram service between Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
The tram tracks can be seen rising up over a bridge giving access to the original "heavy-rail" sidings mentioned above.
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 2 Jul 2006
0.05 miles
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Handsworth & Smethwick railway station (site) and Handsworth Booth Street tram stop, West Midlands
Opened in 1854 by the Great Western Railway on its lines from Birmingham Snow Hill to both Wolverhampton and Stourbridge, this station closed in 1972. The formation of the Wolverhampton line was taken over by the Midland Metro who opened a tram stop named 'Handsworth Booth Street' on the same site in 1999. The Snow Hill to Stourbridge trains were reinstated in 1996 with the lines on the far left of the image, but no platforms were provided.
View north west towards The Hawthorns, Wolverhampton and Stourbridge.
See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/handsworth/index.shtml for more information about the former railway station.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 24 Jan 2018
0.08 miles
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West Midlands Metro west of Handsworth Booth Street
Looking towards Wolverhampton from the Handsworth Booth Street stop. One of the rarely used short crossovers that exists at various points along the line is visible in the foreground.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 19 Nov 2022
0.08 miles
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Midland Metro leaving Booth Street towards Wolverhampton
By this time only a few of the trams were still in the grey and pink livery.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 5 Sep 2019
0.08 miles
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Midland Metro, Handsworth Booth Street
A Birmingham-bound tram in the latest blue livery disgorges passengers.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 5 Sep 2019
0.09 miles
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Booth Street
The view of the Handsworth Booth Street Tram Stop on the Midland Metro, Birmingham.
Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 29 Jul 2015
0.09 miles
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Booth Street, Soho, Smethwick
West Midlands industrial scenery.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 5 Sep 2019
0.09 miles
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Public footpath to George Street, Handsworth
From the end of the access road to the Handsworth Booth Street Metro stop.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 19 Nov 2022
0.09 miles