The Custard Factory needs a train station
Today I did lunch over at the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. Given how tricky it is to regain a parking space on the streets surrounding the Custard Factory once you’ve given it up ( I work on Bromley street), I decided to use the train.
As I walked up to Moor Street it occurred to me that what the Custard Factory really needs to stop it having that ’slightly too far from the centre of town’ feel is a train station. Okay so the station would only be 500 yards from the centre of Birmingham but imagine how convenient it would for the growing population of workers located at the Custard Factory and the many more who will follow once Devonshire works are complete as well as the new units on Fazeley street.
The recent train crash (see report from Alex Hughes) showed us where the possible entrance might be:
(pic by H4NUM4N)
As well as linking our two creative quarters by rail the killer reason for a Custard Factory station is the fact that at some point all the talk about reopening the line from Moseley/Kings Heath into Moor Street is bound to happen. And where do all these creative types who work in the Custard Factory live? I rest my case.
Dave
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A precedent would be Five Ways - only a 15 minute walk from New St but it’s always busy at rush hour.
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