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GWR Route: Stratford on Avon to Honeybourne
Sancta Lane Station: gwrsanct2479
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A three-car Swindon built Cross Country DMU passes the
junction with the SMJ on the 13:25pm Worcester Shrub Hill to Leamington Spa
service on 25th May 1963. Peter Tandy writes, 'Just visible above the rear
two cars is the connection to the SMJ's Old Town station, a loading gauge on an
adjacent siding and a multitude of long-gone buildings. There was, until 1960,
a signalbox controlling the junction with the SMJ at this location, but this
was made redundant when the new Evesham Crossing Box was commissioned. The old
box was switched out for much of the time, but was brought into use on summer
Saturdays to form an additional block post in order to cope with the very heavy
traffic on such days. It is interesting to note that the points working the
junction were still manually operated; those used for the spur from the SMJ
were power operated in view of the distances involved, but even so, the SMJ
junction was quite a way from the box and it must have been a heavy pull for
signalman'.
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