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Lickey InclineThe Lickey Incline in England is a steep climb of just over two miles, at a gradient of 1 in 37, between Bromsgrove and Blackwell on the railway line between Birmingham and Gloucester. It passes through the Lickey Hills, a well-known Birmingham beauty spot. To assist trains up the incline in the days of steam locomotives specialised banking engines were kept such as the MR 0-10-0 Lickey Banker. The current franchisee on the Cross Country Route (Virgin Trains) uses recently-commissioned type 220 Voyager DMUs - these negotiate the incline with comparatively modest speed reduction. The 'Lickey' is reputed to be the steepest sustained adhesion-worked gradient on the UK main lines. Short steeper sections of climb exist on other lines. In particular, there was a short steep section of adhesion-worked line (the Hopton Incline, 1 in 14) on the Cromford and High Peak Railway, which shut in 1967. However this was a mineral line for almost all its existence. External links
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