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45002 · Post by **45002** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:57 pm

BOTH TAKEN ON 17/02/05 PM AT BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET STATION

sootyxfd · Post by **sootyxfd** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:15 am

i take it moor street is complete???

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:21 am

Pretty much. Just needs connecting.

sootyxfd · Post by **sootyxfd** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:54 am

great news

45002 · Post by **45002** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:29 am

allypally wrote:Pretty much. Just needs connecting.

Its just platforms 3,4 and 5 that need connecting,
In about 3 or 4 years Alex, if they can find the money to do it?

Its a very nice station now your can even get a coffee and a few ofter shops on the Main concourse and the waiting room on platforms 2 and 3 is the Cleanest i Ever Found.

victreebel · Post by **victreebel** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:15 am

Why was/is that engine there?

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:53 am

victreebel wrote:Why was/is that engine there?

Because its an old Great Western engine (the Great Western who used to run into moor street station) so its there as a static display to remember this. In a few years time Vintage Trains will run some of its railtours from here (they have even repaired the old water tower so the steam engine can get water).

trainmad · Post by **trainmad** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:44 pm

Here's some I took last year when fairlie and I went on a trip to the Severn Valley Railway.

victreebel · Post by **victreebel** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:26 pm

It's interesting that they just leave such a nice engine there. Are there no concerns of vandalism, or is the station secure?

trainmad · Post by **trainmad** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:38 pm

The area in which the engine is in is gated off. There's no access to it.

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:27 pm

You can see it from the Bullring. The station should be connected within the 2 years, I can't see Chiltern spending so much money on it and then leaving it to rot.

Christopher125 · Post by **Christopher125** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:12 pm

Hi

I believe the area will have resignalling work done someone this or next year, and connecting it is already pencilled in for that time.

Chris

Hymek · Post by **Hymek** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:06 pm

Yeah, The Plan I Believe is sometime this year they will resignal and reconnect platforms 3,4 and 5 and at sometime start work on converting 1 and 2 back to a matching era

45002 · Post by **45002** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:28 pm

Hymek wrote:Yeah, The Plan I Believe is sometime this year they will resignal and reconnect platforms 3,4 and 5 and at sometime start work on converting 1 and 2 back to a matching era

Thats if SRA/Network rail/Centro/chiltern/ Birmingham City council can the Money too connect up to the main line.its a joint thing with those Five..............

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:20 pm

to reconnect will cost a staggering 4.8 million pounds including the resignalling and they say they cannot afford it. Someone needs to look whats sat next to BMS that cost 50+ million pound, and say, well if they can afford that in birmingham then we can have a connection.

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