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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Stechford: lnwrstfd4045b

Close up showing the gated staircase from the up platforms to the Booking Office located at street level

Close up of image 'lnwrstfd4045' showing the gated staircase from the up platforms to the Booking Office located at street level. The Booking Office and all platform buildings were constructed from timber, a surprising material given the inherent risk of fire associated with the embers being ejected from passing locomotives. At the rear of the Booking Office, which straddled both island platforms, was the connecting corridor forming the bridge between the two staircases. From the above view it would appear that a narrow catwalk was fixed to the outside of the Booking Office with a handrail in order to allow the windows to be cleaned periodically, much as was the practice with signal cabins.

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