The view of the main lines at the south end of the station looking north during 1961.
Photo from the D K Jones collection

Soho & Winson Green signal box was a Great Western Railway type 27c design opened on 9th June 1912 fitted with a 61 lever Great Western Railway 3-bar vertical tappet frame, replacing a temporary signal box dating from December 1909. The signal box was demolished before the official closure date on 17th September 1972.
Photo from the John Mann collection


Looking south from the down relief platform in the late 1960s. The original station building has been replaced with a modern waiting shelter with the rest of the station remaining in its 1912 condition.
Photo by John Mann


The main line platforms seen from under the footbridge in March 1967 with a GWR Platform 1 sign still prevelant under the canopy.
Photo by Geoffrey Skelsey


Looking north along the down relief platform in the 1970s. All buildings, apart from the ticket office and the modern waiting shelter, were demolished by BR due to vandalism becoming an issue follwing the station becoming unstaffed.
Photo by John Mann

By the 1970s the station had a real air of neglect with weeds becoming prevelant on the platforms and peeling paintwork on the foortbridge, the bricked up windows of the ticket office just add to the feel.
Photo by John Mann