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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
Hawkesbury Lane Station: lnwhl3251
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A Park Royal Diesel Multiple Unit stops at Hawkesbury Lane
station with the 1:10pm Nuneaton Trent Valley to Leamington Avenue service on
10th October 1964. By the time the service ceased, a closure notice is
displayed by the door on the left, a two coach train was easily accommodated by
the station's short platforms as well as being more than sufficient for the
passenger traffic. Ironically the local bus service timetable is on display
next to the closure notice. Later classified under TOPs as Class 103 diesel
multiple units, these Park Royal Vehicles were equipped with diesel engines by
British United Traction (BUT). Ordered in the first half of 1955, twenty of
these sets were built by Park Royal at their Crossley Motors works in
Stockport. As seen above, they consisted of a power car and a driving trailer
with standard BUT 'A' type engines being fitted. The two-car set accommodated
sixteen First Class seats and one hundred Second Class seats and weighed just
under 60 tons.
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