A rare tour of the closed Brutalist Birmingham New Street Signal Box
- last year
The Grade II listed building on Brunel Street in Birmingham city centre divided opinion - but more than 7,000 applied for a tour of the historic building.
It closed after directing its last train on Christmas Eve 2022 after 57 years of service. The iconic Grade II-listed site had been at the heart of Britain’s railway network.
The pre-cast concrete signal box has divided opinion ever since opening in 1966 and at one point was even branded one of the country's ugliest buildings.
It closed after directing its last train on Christmas Eve 2022 after 57 years of service. The iconic Grade II-listed site had been at the heart of Britain’s railway network.
The pre-cast concrete signal box has divided opinion ever since opening in 1966 and at one point was even branded one of the country's ugliest buildings.