The attractive concourse of Birmingham Moor Street,which has a Grade II-listed exterior.
GARY BOYD-HOPE
I READ your Comment column regarding safety with great interest, particularly in relation to the state of Tyseley station, as in certain respects not much seems to have changed over the years!
I first visited Tyseley in the late 1960s on atrip arranged by my school Railway Society. Travelling from Moor Street station, which was in a poor state, rundown and looking rather neglected, there were no through lines.Snow Hill Tunnel was closed, the forlorn scene being completed by the one DMU stood in the platforms,the local stopping service which would call at Tyseley.
IfMoor Street was in a poor state, Tyseley was worse.The platforms were unkempt, and the station buildings in varying states of disrepair.Clearly nothinghad so much as seen apaint brush for many years.