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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Widney Manor Station: gwrwm428a

Close up showing the Down Main's Platform No 2 and the steps of the passenger footbridge erected at the time of the rebuilding of the station

Close up of image 'gwrwm428' showing the Down Main platform No 2 and the steps of the passenger footbridge erected at the time of the rebuilding of the station. Footbridges were frequently built with protection to both the sides and the roof reflecting the fact that 19th century passengers from stations such as Widney Manor were affluent. This attitude towards affluent passengers was in stark contrast to the railway companies' attitude to staff when locomotive crews rode on the footplate with little protection. The first part of the 20th century saw a change in attitude where the costs of providing such protection outweighed the railway companies' attitude to passenger comfort.

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