GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Widney Manor Station: gwrwm1916

An unidentified GWR 0-6-0PT locomotive stands at the up platform during celebrations marking the opening of the station on 1st July 1899. Bob Pixton muses in his book Great Western Steam in Shakespeare Country how the GWR justified the expense 'because the station was in the middle of nowhere'. As can be seen, the station was substantially built with large canopies covering the full width of the platform and a covered passenger footbridge connecting the two platforms. The footbridge was so sited adjacent to the canopies to ensure that passengers crossing from one platform to another would always be undercover.

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