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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Birmingham ‘city of a thousand trades’ and heart of the West Midlands was in no hurry to embrace the coming of the railway. When it did however it was certainly in style with four railway companies competing in the early years for routes into the city namely the Grand Junction Railway (1837); London & Birmingham Railway (1838); Birmingham & Gloucester Railway (1841) and the Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway (1842). The first train to arrive in Birmingham in 1837 came from Liverpool on the newly laid track of the Grand Junction Railway to their temporary terminus at Vauxhall. However a much grander terminal was planned for Birmingham and in 1838 the London & Birmingham Railway completed its line from Euston to the new station in Curzon Street. The impressive entrance building is a listed structure and stands today almost as it was when built. There have been many books written on the subject of railways in Birmingham and the West Midlands and by and large these have covered the wider regional area of the West Midlands which includes North Staffordshire South Cheshire d Shropshire. (LL)