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Four Oaks Station

1884 - Present
Four Oaks entrance from car park

As with Shenstone further along the tracks, Four Oaks is a good example of a station that has largely escaped the penchant for blandly designed rebuilds that swept the cross-city line form the mid-1970s onwards. Opened in 1884, the former LNWR (later LMS) station has, bar the electrification, retained a traditional feel to its appearance. If my memory serves me correctly, Four Oaks served as the terminus of the cross-city line for some time when it was reopened for local trains during the late-1970s. Above we see the entrance to Four Oaks Station from its Station Drive car park, August 2003.

Station buildings Island platofrm

Above-left we can see the station building which is in effect on an island platform which serves Birmingham to the left - Lichfield being served by the platform to the far right. Above-right we see 32122 departing for Lichfield City.

View from footbridge BR-W bench

Above-left we are on the station footbridge over the Lichfield lines looking towards Lichfield. The station building has a comfortable waiting room - something of a rarity in the present day. Above-right shows a relic of a bygone era: a platform bench embossed with 'BR(W)' belying its former history of the British Rail Western division.



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