Blake Street railway station
Blake Street railway station serves the Hill Hook area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is sited on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch and Lichfield Trent Valley, via Birmingham New Street. The station located on the county boundary between the West Midlands and Staffordshire. It is managed by West Midlands Trains, who operate all trains serving the station.
Blake Street railway station
Blake Street Station in 1962
The Cross-City Line is a suburban rail line in the West Midlands region of England. It runs for 32 mi (51 km) from Redditch and Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, its two southern termini, to Lichfield, Staffordshire, its northern terminus, via Birmingham New Street, connecting the suburbs of Birmingham in between. Services are operated by West Midlands Trains.
London Midland Class 323 arriving at Birmingham New Street in 2009
Longbridge railway station in 1979, still unfinished having opened the previous year. At this time diesel multiple units operated the service.
Aerial view of the new railway bridge (nearest to camera) and aqueduct over the diverted A38, taken in January 2013