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Dollman Street, BIRMINGHAM, B7 4RS

A Birmingham - Hednesford train passes through Duddeston station without stopping - the headlight reflecting on the wet platform, even though this was early afternoon on a summer's day. The station was formerly named Vauxhall & Duddeston and there were once four platform faces - now there are just two, although the station probably enjoys a more frequent service than it ever has. There were also wagon shops and a carriage shed here until the 1980s, all of which has now gone.

Once known as Vauxhall and Duddeston, photo taken from Four Oaks train pulls into station. The buildings on right were once engine sheds and have subsequently been demolished. At the time of this photo both island platforms (4 tracks) were in use, and there were other disused tracks and sheds Image] on the opposite side (to the left). Duddeston benefits from local services both to Walsall and Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield (though not frequently).

The rain is splashing in the puddles on the platform and the glass of the waiting shelter has been etched with 'Dutch' graffiti - a thoroughly dismal scene at this small inner-city station, but at least the train to Wolverhampton via Birmingham New St will be arriving soon.

Duddeston is a station on Birmingham's Cross-City line, Redditch-Lichfield. A disused platform is becoming a long herbaceous border. Image reference: 7509806

Looking down Duddeston Mill Road from outside Duddeston Station on a thoroughly miserable wet day.

Opened as "Vauxhall" in 1869 by the London & North Western Railway, on the line from Birmingham via Bescot to Stafford, this station replaced two earlier ones at Bloomsbury & Nechells and Lawley Street. It was renamed "Vauxhall & Duddeston" in 1889 and again in 1974 to just "Duddeston". The 1869 station was beyond the bridge in the distance. It was rebuilt to the south of Duddeston Mill Road bridge c.1900. View north towards Aston and Bescot. There used to be 4 platforms here but only 2 were in use when this image was taken. Until the 1980s there were carriage sheds immediately to the right and a wagon repair shed immediately to the left of the platforms.

Looking north towards Aston. A Walsall-bound train has just departed.