Kevin R Boyd
Outdated roadsign, Birmingham
If you were to attempt to send a parcel from the depot at Birmingham New Street, you would be disappointed. The business was started by British Rail as "Red Star", and offered same day parcel despatch between many railway stations. It was finally privatised after several attempts, sold to management, later Lynx and eventually ceased to trade. As a result of this failure of business, trains no longer have parcel compartments so starting the business again would be virtually impossible.
To my mind, the sign should be re-arranged to remove the outdated reference and put more prominence to the "All other routes". Too many people use this road to get to the Bullring tunnel to use this road illegally as an exit. Strictly speaking, the tunnel is only to be used by buses and taxis, but this is rarely enforced.
Outdated roadsign, Birmingham
If you were to attempt to send a parcel from the depot at Birmingham New Street, you would be disappointed. The business was started by British Rail as "Red Star", and offered same day parcel despatch between many railway stations. It was finally privatised after several attempts, sold to management, later Lynx and eventually ceased to trade. As a result of this failure of business, trains no longer have parcel compartments so starting the business again would be virtually impossible.
To my mind, the sign should be re-arranged to remove the outdated reference and put more prominence to the "All other routes". Too many people use this road to get to the Bullring tunnel to use this road illegally as an exit. Strictly speaking, the tunnel is only to be used by buses and taxis, but this is rarely enforced.