LMS Route: Hampton in Arden to Whitacre

Maxstoke later Coleshill Station: mrcm176

View looking towards Hampton 'Derby Junction'. The photograph illustrates perfectly the evolution in platforms during the first 50 years of railways in Britain. Railway coaches were initially based on the road coaches of the time, being boarded from ground level and had passenger luggage stored on top of the roof whilst travelling. Therefore platforms were built to a height approximately the same as the top of the height of the rail.

Later, as the railway coach developed to be more robust and to meet the needs of the 19th century traveller, platforms were raised in height making access more easier. Even then the height was lower than that adopted in the 20th century. C1905

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