GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Danzey for Tanworth Station: gwrdt657

This elevated view of the goods yard taken from the passenger footbridge illustrates the layout and access to the goods yard. The yard was very simple having a long siding and a shorter siding with a head shunt. The white corrugated shed on the platform was an original structure and is thought to provide storage for the various items that running a station required including lamps, oil etc.

Larger brick built stations would have had such storage facilities built into the general accommodation. The dark coloured goods shed was also clad with corrugated sheeting. The two other small structures seen adjacent to the up platform might have been used by P & W men or coal merchants. Whilst there was a passenger footbridge, a barrow crossing at the end of the station was still necessary to provide access for parcel traffic etc from one platform to another.

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