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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking east towards King's Norton (with apostrophe).
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:0.3km<br/>When the original bridge under the Birmingham and Bristol railway was built this would have been a rural area and so it only had sufficient width to carry a single line of traffic. By the time the line was widened to four tracks clearly there was seen to be a need to widen the road and so the newer part of the bridge, in blue brick, was constructed accordingly. The arch of older part of the bridge however has never been rebuilt hence this unusual looking structure with traffic controlled by lights.
©David Stowell
Dist:0.3km<br/>The River Rea flows from the Lickey Hills near Rubery through southern Birmingham before finally joining the Tame to the north east of the city centre. Here in Northfield, just after it passes under Coleys Lane it is little more that a large stream.
©David Stowell
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©Whatlep
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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.3km<br/>View from West Heath Road, looking south
©Michael Westley
Dist:0.3km<br/>This modern station building on the Birmingham-Bristol line was constructed as part of the launch of the Cross-City line service between Lichfield and Redditch in the 1970s. Today it a well used suburban station.
©David Stowell
Dist:0.3km<br/>Not sure if there was a mill on this site - in close proximity to River Rea (shown on right, beyond bridge), on West Heath Road, near Station Road, Northfield
©Michael Westley
Dist:0.3km<br/>On West Heath Road, Northfield, where River Rea crosses under, a plaque denotes improvements made [[[ ]]]
©Michael Westley
Dist:0.3km<br/>The inscription reads "West Heath Road Bridge rebuilt by Birmingham City Council as part of the River Rea Improvement Scheme Completed in August 2001"
©Michael Westley
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the secondary entrance to the station. This station has one of the few 'island' platforms along this line. The 'island' platform is no longer used and the lines passing it are not electrified - they are in fact the 'fast' lines along which Bristol, Cardiff and Hereford trains travel.
©Row17
Dist:0.4km<br/>A northbound train of bogie coal wagons hauled by diesel electric locomotive No 66075 approaches Northfield station on the non-electrified 'up fast' line.
©Rob Newman
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©Lambert

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