Sutton Coldfield railway station

Sutton Coldfield railway station is the main railway station for Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield "Cross-City" line.

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Railway station - Sutton Coldfield - West Midlands - Redditch - Birmingham New Street - Lichfield - "Cross-City" line

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The station is of Victorian architecture with red brick and elaborate ceilings and pillars. One platform is sheltered while the other is open air. The main building itself is built on a hill with a tunnel running underneath it.

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Victorian architecture - Red - Brick - Platform - Hill - Tunnel

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The station was the location of a train crash on 23 January 1955, in which 17 people died.

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Train crash - 23 January - 1955

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