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Nuneaton Station - Part One

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

Additional pages divided on different thematic subjects are available by clicking on the links below:

Nuneaton Station Part 1 (33) Nuneaton Station Part 2 (33) Nuneaton Station Part 3 (33)
Nuneaton Station Part 4 (32) Nuneaton Shed (LNWR) (50) Nuneaton Abbey St. (MR) (13)

View of the original Nuneaton station's down platform showing the ornate station building and its short canopy section
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Nuneaton Library
View of the original Nuneaton station's down platform showing the ornate station building and its short canopy section		 View of the main entrance to Nuneaton's original station building showing the ornate style of Livock's architecture
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Nuneaton Library
View of the main entrance to Nuneaton's original station building showing the ornate style of Livock's architecture		 Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5XP Jubilee class No 45584 'North West Frontier' is seen passing Ashby junction at the head of an express to Manchester
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P Lee
Layout of the original Nuneaton station showing just two platform faces, the goods yard and goods shed which faced the mainline at ninety degrees

Close up showing the layout of the original Nuneaton station with the Ashby bay located to the right of Nuneation's main station building
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P Lee
Close up showing the layout of the original Nuneaton station with the Ashby bay located to the right of Nuneation's main station building		 View of the entrance to Nuneaton's second station station showing on the left the canopy to Ashby Bay platform
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Nuneaton Library
View of the entrance to Nuneaton's second station station showing on the left the canopy to Ashby Bay platform		 Close up view showing the goods yard and Ashby Bay platform canopy in greater detail including a fixed manually operated crane
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Nuneaton Library
Close up view showing the goods yard and Ashby Bay platform canopy in greater detail including a fixed manually operated crane

View of the second Nuneaton station showing the addition of a cantilevered canopy to the main entrance
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Lens of Sutton
View of the second Nuneaton station showing the addition of a cantilevered canopy to the main entrance		 Close up showing the new canopy fitted to Nuneaton station with a LNWR horse drawn passenger vehicle in attendance
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Lens of Sutton
Close up showing the new canopy fitted to Nuneaton station with a LNWR horse drawn passenger vehicle in attendance		 Close up showing Nuneaton station's refreshment and general waiting rooms and one of the station staff posed by delivery entrance
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Lens of Sutton
Close up showing Nuneaton station's refreshment and general waiting rooms and one of the station staff posed by delivery entrance

Plan showing Nuneaton station's down platform and station building after extensive remodelling to accommodate bays at either end for the Ashby and Coventry branches
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P Lee
Plan showing Nuneaton station's down platform and station building after extensive remodelling to accommodate bays at either end for the Ashby and Coventry branches		 This view of station buildings at Nuneaton is thought to be associated with the goods yard and sidings adjacent to the entrance
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C & S Gordon
This view of station buildings at Nuneaton is thought to be associated with the goods yard and sidings adjacent to the entrance		 View of Nuneaton station's island platform which opened circa 1868-9 to service traffic generated by the opening of the Leicester branch
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R Bull
View of Nuneaton station's island platform which opened circa 1868-9 to service traffic generated by the opening of the Leicester branch

Close up of the island platform showing on the left the Gentlemen's toilet block with Nuneaton's station sign on the right
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R Bull
Close up of the island platform showing on the left the Gentlemen's toilet block with Nuneaton's station sign on the right		 Close up of the Rugby end of the island platform showing the main up passenger facilities and coaching stock standing in platform one
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R Bull
Close up of the Rugby end of the island platform showing the main up passenger facilities and coaching stock standing in platform one		 Looking towards Rugby station with the down platform on the right having been rebuilt and extended to accommodate a bay for Coventry trains
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Anon
Looking towards Rugby station with the down platform on the right having been rebuilt and extended to accommodate a bay for Coventry trains

Close up showing a rake of coaches standing in the bay which is only open to the platform and the access to the Coventry branch
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Anon
Close up showing a rake of coaches standing in the bay which is only open to the platform and the access to the Coventry branch		 View looking towards Rugby along platform two of Nuneaton's third station with the main station building situated on platform one
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Anon
View looking towards Rugby along platform two of Nuneaton's third station with the main station building situated on platform one		 Close up view of the island platform which formed platforms four and five and which was the original 1869 island platform
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Anon
Close up view of the island platform which formed platforms four and five and which was the original 1869 island platform

Close up showing a train arriving at platform two on the left with the Leamington push-pull on the right standing in platform one
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Anon
Close up showing a train arriving at platform two on the left with the Leamington push-pull on the right standing in platform one		 Front elevation of the 1905 main station building with the parcel office on the left and the booking office on the right
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Anon
Front elevation of the 1905 main station building with the parcel office on the left and the booking office on the right		 An unidentified ex-LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot is seen standing at platform four ready to depart for Euston with an up express
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AW Flowers
An unidentified ex-LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot is seen standing at platform four ready to depart for Euston with an up express

View of Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and Nuneaton's extensive carriage sidings used to store coaching stock for local passenger services
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M Billingham
View of Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and Nuneaton's extensive carriage sidings used to store coaching stock for local passenger services		 View of Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box's Diagram showing the line to Leicester at the bottom and the line to Coventry at the top
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M Christensen
View of Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box's Diagram showing the line to Leicester at the bottom and the line to Coventry at the top		 View of Herbert Lovell operating the levers in Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box on the last day of service before the powerbox was brought in to use
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H Lovell
View of Herbert Lovell operating the levers in Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box on the last day of service before the Powerbox was brought in to use

Internal view of Nuneaton No 2 Signal Box which was located at the base of the footbridge structure at the Rugby end of platforms 4 and 5
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P Lee
Internal view of Nuneaton No 2 Signal Box which was located at the base of the footbridge structure at the Rugby end of platforms 4 and 5		 View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box located on the Stafford side of the station amidst the running lines and extensive marshalling yard sidings
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P Lee
View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box located on the Stafford side of the station amidst the running lines and extensive marshalling yard sidings		 View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box's diagram showing at the bottom the two up goods loop lines and the up and down Midland goods lines at the top
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P Lee
View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box's diagram showing at the bottom the two up goods loop lines and the up and down Midland goods lines at the top

View of Nuneaton No 7 Signal box which was located on the Stafford side of the station and equipped with a 180 lever frame
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Anon
View of Nuneaton No 7 Signal box which was located on the Stafford side of the station and equipped with a 180 lever frame		 An internal view of Nuneaton No 7 Signal Box showing some of the 'bobbies' in charge of the 180 lever frame
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Anon
An internal view of Nuneaton No 7 Signal Box showing some of the 'bobbies' in charge of the 180 lever frame		 Looking north with the signal gantry protecting the up lines on the right as an unidentified ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F is held by signals on the left
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Anon
Looking north with the signal gantry protecting the up lines on the right as an unidentified ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F is held by signals on the left

Looking towards the junction of the Coventry line with the Trent Valley line with the entrance to the shed on the right
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EHC Shorto
Looking towards the junction of the Coventry line with the Trent Valley line with the entrance to the shed on the right		 Looking towards Nuneaton station with the shed yard on the left, in the centre Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and on the right the carriage sidings
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EHC Shorto
Looking towards Nuneaton station with the shed yard on the left, in the centre Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and on the right the carriage sidings		 Looking towards Rugby station from under Leicester Road bridge showing the signals that controlled access to Nuneaton station
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EHC Shorto
Looking towards Rugby station from under Leicester Road bridge showing the signals that controlled access to Nuneaton station

Nuneaton Station Part 1 (33) Nuneaton Station Part 2 (33) Nuneaton Station Part 3 (33)
Nuneaton Station Part 4 (32) Nuneaton Shed (LNWR) (51) Nuneaton Abbey St. (MR) (13)