GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Fenny Compton: gwrfc82b

This close up of image 'gwrfc82' shows the station staff standing in line for the photographer. Even though the station served a rural area the staffing of the station still required a much higher staffing level than would be the case today. The staff of such a station would have included the likes of stationmaster, a booking clerk, porter, signalman and shunter.

The up platform structure is built from timber but was of a different design to seen on the down platform being built when the Oxford to Birmingham line was first opened. The closeness of the lampposts was necessary as the illumination provided from the oil lamps was fairly poor. C1900

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