GWR Route: Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch

Bearley Station: gwrb782a

This close up of image 'gwr782' shows the 1876 main station building which was a rectangular brick structure with a low pitched gable roof and projecting platform canopy. Internally there were three rooms; booking office, waiting room & ladies waiting room. A small extension on the East end (see gwrb777) contained a porter’s room / store together with a gentlemen’s toilets at the rear. The partially glazed platform canopy was supported on ornamental brackets/iron work with the letters SR (Stratford Railway) incorporated. William Clarke's preferences in his design for T & G fretwork are seen in canopy. In the distance what is assumed to be the Bearley TOAD waits for a mixed train to Alcester in the replacement refuge siding. Most of the other trackwork and signalling alterations are still incomplete on 19th May 1939.

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