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London North Western
Railway:
 Midland
Railway:
 Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Whitacre Junction Station
The original Whitacre station was opened on 10th February
1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway some thirty-one months after
the route from Derby to Hampton was opened, the result of the B&DJR opening
their own and more direct line to Lawley Street, Birmingham. This new line
diverted Birmingham to Derby traffic away from the more convoluted route via
Hampton and the necessity of passengers being transferred to onward L&BR
services to Birmingham. The B&DJR's passenger services to London still
remained although by this date the Midland Counties more direct route to London
via Rugby had resulted in their daily services being reduced to five 'Down'
through coaches to London and three 'Up' through coaches to Derby. On 1st
November 1864 the line between Birmingham to Nuneaton was opened and the
original B&DJR Whitacre station was closed being replaced by a new station
of three platforms with an island platform configuration three-quarters of a
mile to its south at the junction to this new line. According to Colin Magg's
'the Hampton branch passenger train used the outer face of the Down island
platform. The construction of a goods yard for the new station caused the
Hampton branch to be re-aligned for a quarter of a mile'. The station was
closed to passenger services on 4th March 1968 and was very quickly
demolished.
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