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Warwick Station

GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick station opened in 1852 when the line was first built and is located one and a half miles from the town centre. The station was also used by the GWR in steam days for holding the banking locomotive required to assist heavy trains up Hatton Bank. The goods yard was located on the up side the other side of the bridge carrying the railway over the Coventry Road. The goods yard was accessed off Coventry Road and was equipped with both a goods shed and six-ton crane.

Towards Birmingham there was a second goods yard which Mitchell and Smith in their book 'Banbury to Birmingham' state was opened in 1892 as the Cape Yard and initially provided two sidings for a Royal Agricultural Show. The gasworks sidings which lay a little beyond from the Cape Yard was opened circa 1890 and over the first half of the twentieth century the sidings carried an increasing amount of coal from 5,750 tons in 1900 to 14,250 tons in 1947 although this rapidly decreased as the gasworks closed in 1952. Cape Yard closed on 11th November 1963 whilst the main goods yard lasted a little longer being closed on 31st January 1969.

The main access to the station was off Coventry Road with a long drive up to the down platform which had the contained the main accommodation. Access could also be achieved via Woodcote Road to the up platform. Whilst both platforms are on the level with the surrounding area the land is lower towards Leamington allowing the two platforms to be connected by an underpass. The up platform for London is numbered platform two and the down platform for Birmingham and Stratford upon Avon is numbered platform two.

Station (22) Locomotives (28)

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Looking towards Leamington from the up platform across towards the down platform with the main offices on the right
Ref: gwrw943 - P Kingston
Looking towards Leamington from the up platform across towards the down platform with the main offices on the right
Close up showing the down platform buildings at the Birmingham end of the station with the bay for the Hatton banker out of view on the left
Ref: gwrw943a - P Kingston
Close up showing the down platform buildings at the Birmingham end of the station with the bay for the Hatton banker out of view on the left
Close up showing the down platform buildings at the Leamington end of the station with the access to the short spur siding out of view on the left
Ref: gwrw943b - P Kingston
Close up showing the down platform buildings at the Leamington end of the station with the access to the short spur siding out of view on the left

Looking towards Leamington from the up platform across towards the down platform with the main offices on the right
Ref: gwrw385 - P Hopkins
Looking towards Leamington from the up platform across towards the down platform with the main offices on the right
Close up view of Warwick Station's down platform, the station's main buildings and the short spur siding at the far of the platform
Ref: gwrw385a - P Hopkins
Close up view of Warwick Station's down platform, the station's main buildings and the short spur siding at the far of the platform
Looking towards Leamington along the down platform with the 1906 signal box on the left and the goods yard in the distance
Ref: gwrw389 - Anon
Looking towards Leamington along the down platform with the 1909 signal box on the left and the goods yard in the distance

Close up of the down platform which shows the short spur once at the Leamington end of the down platform has been removed
Ref: gwrw389a - Anon
Close up of the down platform which shows the short spur once at the Leamington end of the down platform has been removed
Looking towards Leamington from the Birmingham end of the down platform with the Hatton banker's bay on the right
Ref: gwrw393 - P Hopkins
Looking towards Leamington from the Birmingham end of the down platform with the Hatton banker's bay on the right
Close up showing the up platform buildings, the 52-lever frame signal box and in the distance Warwick's goods shed and yard
Ref: gwrw393a - P Hopkins
Close up showing the up platform buildings, the 52-lever frame signal box and in the distance Warwick's goods shed and yard

Looking towards Birmingham from the up platform towards the down platform with the headshunt of the spur siding on the left
Ref: gwrw400 - Anon
Looking towards Birmingham from the up platform towards the down platform with the headshunt of the spur siding on the left
Close up of the down platform and main station buildings with the entrance in the middle of the building and a telephone box to its right
Ref: gwrw400a - Anon
Close up of the down platform and main station buildings with the entrance in the middle of the building and a telephone box to its right
Close up of the twin spur siding which was installed to facilitate the loading and unloading of horses and horse drawn road vehicles
Ref: gwrw379a - G Coltas
Close up of the twin spur siding which was installed to facilitate the loading and unloading of horses and horse drawn road vehicles

Looking towards Leamington as No 4912 'Berrington Hall' passes over Coventry Road bridge whilst to the right the spur siding has been reduced to one siding
Ref: gwrw374 - G Coltas
Looking towards Leamington as No 4912 'Berrington Hall' passes over Coventry Road bridge whilst to the right the spur siding has been reduced to one siding
View looking towards Leamington mid-way between the latter and Warwick with the centre bridge of the three carrying the Grand Union canal
Ref: gwrw399 - RS Carpenter
View looking towards Leamington mid-way between the latter and Warwick with the centre bridge of the three carrying the Grand Union canal
Looking towards Birmingham along the down platform with the Hatton banker's bay on the left and the up refuge siding on the right
Ref: gwrw938 - PJ Garland
Looking towards Birmingham along the down platform with the Hatton banker's bay on the left and the up refuge siding on the right

Close up showing Cape Yard sidings with the station in the distance whilst in the yard a locomotive can be seen shunting
Ref: gwrw375a - G Coltas
Close up showing Cape Yard sidings with the station in the distance whilst in the yard a locomotive can be seen shunting
Close up showing Cape Yard sidings which is full of both oil and mineral wagons whilst the six-ton crane is evident
Ref: gwrw378a - G Coltas
Close up showing Cape Yard sidings which is full of both oil and mineral wagons whilst the six-ton crane is evident
Another close up of Cape Yard sidings which has several coal staithes in view by the yard advertising hoarding
Ref: gwrw384a - G Coltas
Another close up of Cape Yard sidings which has several coal staithes in view by the yard advertising hoarding

Close up showing the two short sidings, one private the other on railway property, utilised by coal traffic for the Warwick Corporation Gas Works
Ref: gwrw396a - G Coltas
Close up showing the two short sidings, one private the other on railway property, utilised by coal traffic for the Warwick Corporation Gas Works
Map of the station with Birmingham to the left and Leamington to the right of the diagram
Ref: gwrw940 - OS Maps
Map of the station with Birmingham to the left and Leamington to the right of the diagram
Map of the original goods yard which was located across the Coventry Road over bridge on the Leamington side of the station.
Ref: gwrw940a - OS Maps
Map of the original goods yard which was located across the Coventry Road over bridge on the Leamington side of the station.

Map of the station with Birmingham to the left and Leamington to the right of the diagram
Ref: gwrw940 - OS Maps
Map of the station with Birmingham to the left and Leamington to the right of the diagram