LMS Route: Hampton in Arden to Whitacre

Coleshill later Maxstoke Station: mrcm177

Looking towards Hampton with the short single platform station on the left and the level crossing gates in the foreground. The station booking hall and waiting room was accessed from the door off the platform whilst on the other side of the station masters house was the Gentlemen's toilets. When the photograph was taken the name was still bearing the name 'Coleshill Station' it didn't receive the name Maxstoke until 9th July 1923 when Forge Mills on the Birmingham to Nuneaton line was renamed Coleshill.

This photograph might at first glance appear to be the same as image 'mrcm175' but there are subtle differences, the most notable being the position of the station master. In this view he is stood slightly to the left of his position with his back 'touching' the poster whilst the fence to the right of the railway sign is visible in the photograph but not in the other. C1908

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