LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)

Dunchurch Station: lnwrdun1337b

This close up of image 'lnwrdun1337' shows the up waiting room. For some reason the canopy is shorter on this structure compared to the down platform waiting room. The oil lamps can be seen as can a pair of wooden steps, once seen on many stations which were built up to about 1890. These steps were made available to assist children, the infirm or aged to climb into the carriage.

This was because the height of the platform was low reflecting the changes in design of coaching stock. Early stock derived from horse drawn coaches which had steps from the compartment down to the ground. Later platforms were built higher than those built 1830 -40 but it wasn't until the 1890s that platforms were built at the height common place today.

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