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Hampton in Arden Station

LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Hampton in Arden station was opened on 1st September 1884 as a replacement to Hampton station which was opened by the

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Hampron in Arden Station (22) Hampton in Arden - Locomotives (19)

View of both the station building located at road level, which housed the booking office, and the goods yard access road which ran alongside
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P Hopkins
View of both the station building located at road level, which housed the booking office, and the goods yard access road which ran alongside		 View of the modified station booking hall showing the cantilevered roof over the main entrance much reduced and also the replacement bridge wall
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Preston Hendry
View of the modified station booking hall showing the cantilevered roof over the main entrance much reduced and also the replacement bridge wall		 A colour view of Hampton in Arden station looking towards Birmingham taken sometime at the turn of the 19th century
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M Bryant
A colour view of Hampton in Arden station looking towards Birmingham taken sometime at the turn of the 19th century		 View of the station looking towards Birmingham with the down platform on the left and the up platform on the right
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Postcard
View of the station looking towards Birmingham with the down platform on the left and the up platform on the right

Close up showing the down platform building which contained the waiting room, ladies waiting room and toilet and gentlemen's toilet
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Postcard
Close up showing the down platform building which contained the waiting room, ladies waiting room and toilet and gentlemen's toilet		 Close up showing the up platform building showing how the building was recessed into the bank and that this end was constructed in timber
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Postcard
Close up showing the up platform building showing how the building was recessed into the bank and that this end was constructed in timber		 View looking towards Birmingham showing the glazed passenger footbridge which ran alongside the road bridge
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Anon
View looking towards Birmingham showing the glazed passenger footbridge which ran alongside the road bridge		 Looking towards Birmingham in the 1950s with the station looking little different to when it first opened in 1884
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Anon
Looking towards Birmingham in the 1950s with the station looking little different to when it first opened in 1884

Close up showing the down platform building which comprised, left to right, gentlemen’s, waiting room and ladies waiting room and toilet
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Anon
Close up showing the down platform building which comprised, left to right, gentlemen’s, waiting room and ladies waiting room and toilet		 Close up showing the up platform building, the passenger footbridge, gas lights suspended from the canopy and the very basic bench seating
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Anon
Close up showing the up platform building, the passenger footbridge, gas lights suspended from the canopy and the very basic bench seating		 View looking towards Birmingham in 1930s showing the station had not changed significantly since it was first opened in 1884
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P Hopkins
View looking towards Birmingham in 1930s showing the station had not changed significantly since it was first opened in 1884		 Close up showing the relationship between the original 'Derby Junction' station ¼ down the line and its LNWR replacement
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P Hopkins
Close up showing the relationship between the original 'Derby Junction' station ¼ down the line and its LNWR replacement

View of the rear of the roadside station building and the passenger footbridge which allowed passengers to cross the line
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Anon
View of the rear of the roadside station building and the passenger footbridge which allowed passengers to cross the line		 Close up showing the small building on the down platform and how the passenger footbridge was also accessed from the roadside station building
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Anon
Close up showing the small building on the down platform and how the passenger footbridge was also accessed from the roadside station building		 View looking towards Birmingham with the station 'sandwiched' between the farm bridge and High Street road bridge
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RS Carpenter
View looking towards Birmingham with the station 'sandwiched' between the farm bridge and High Street road bridge		 Close up showing how compact the original 1884 Hampton in Arden station was compared to the 1964 rebuild
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RS Carpenter
Close up showing how compact the original 1884 Hampton in Arden station was compared to the 1964 rebuild

Looking towards Coventry with an ex-LMS 2-6-4T running bunker first arriving at Hampton in Arden on a down local passenger train
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Anon
Looking towards Coventry with an ex-LMS 2-6-4T running bunker first arriving at Hampton in Arden on a down local passenger train		 Close up showing some of the non-standard LNWR details incorporated into Hampton in Arden's platform buildings
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Anon
Close up showing some of the non-standard LNWR details incorporated into Hampton in Arden's platform buildings		 View from the up platform looking towards Coventry of Hampton in Arden station showing the passenger waiting rooms on both platforms
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Lens of Sutton
View from the up platform looking towards Coventry of Hampton in Arden station showing the passenger waiting rooms on both platforms		 View looking towards Coventry showing the signal box which stood mid-way between the up and down connections a little to the north of the goods yard
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RS Carpenter
View looking towards Coventry showing the signal box which stood mid-way between the up and down connections a little to the north of the goods yard

View of unidentified LMS 2-6-0 Stanier Mogul on an up local service freight train leaving the goods yard with the yard seen in the distance
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M Bryant
View of unidentified LMS 2-6-0 Stanier Mogul on an up local service freight train leaving the goods yard with the yard seen in the distance		 Close up showing the goods yard structures and lineside Permanent Way hut sited to the south of the goods yard
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P Hopkins
Close up showing the goods yard structures and lineside Permanent Way hut sited to the south of the goods yard		 View of a Drott being used to remove stone ballast from the up line adjacent to Hampton in Arden signal box circa 1960s
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M Bryant
View of a Drott being used to remove stone ballast from the up line adjacent to Hampton in Arden signal box circa 1960s