The book explores the historical development of the Birmingham to Worcester railway line, detailing the various services it supported prior to the establishment of the modern railway system. Through a combination of text and illustrations, it provides a visual and narrative journey into the evolution of this significant transportation route.
The 55-mile rail route between Birmingham and Oxford is still an important artery for the Nations passenger and freight traffic. Trains from the north of England routed through Birmingham can gain direct access southwards to Reading, and thereby to the south coast. The photographs in this book, though, recall a time up to the mid-1960s when it was an altogether different railway.
This title recalls the Ryde to Cowes railway line, a route that joined the two principal Isle of Wight steamer ports with the county town. With rural stations some distances from their villages, continual green landscapes and vintage trains, the line possessed an ever increasing charm as the years progressed.
This volume of the popular Lost Lines series returns this route to heyday in the age of steam, travelling through what remains a very heavily visited part of the Cotswolds.