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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
Longford & Exhall: lnwr_le3416
Looking along Longford & Exhall's up platform towards
Nuneaton with the booking office at the end on the right. When the station was
first opened in 1850, the length of trains were short and consequently the
platforms of the station were correspondingly short. The increase in traffic
saw longer trains being formed by additional and longer carriages resulting in
both platforms being extended to accommodate them. The slope of the original
brick built platform is evident beneath the timber platform on the left which
was known to be erected sometime after 1902 and before 1912 as can be seen in
the maps seen in images 'lnwr_le3418' and 'lnwr_le3421'. The station's up platform was accessed
via a pathway leading down to Station Road (which ran from Longford Road along
the Coventry Canal before a 90° right turn took you to the bridge) and via
steps from the station's down platform to Woodshires Road, the bridge being the
boundary between the two roads.
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