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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick Station: gwrw938

Looking towards Birmingham along the down platform with the Hatton banker's bay on the left

Looking towards Birmingham along the down platform with the Hatton banker's bay on the left. The electric lighting on concrete lampposts was installed by British Railways. Beyond the end of this down platform can be seen a line running parallel to the down main line which led to Cape Yard sited to the left and in front of Cape Road bridge seen in the distance. This line continued past Cape Road bridge (where a van can be seen standing) and proceeded on to the gas works private siding as seen in image 'gwrw396a'. On the right is the trailing connection to the up main line from the up goods loop, which could hold 68 wagons plus an engine and brake van. This loop also continued past Cape Road bridge. It was converted from the up refuge siding in June 1944 by the addition of a facing connection on to the up main line at the other end. This was out of sight of the signal box and therefore specific instructions were incorporated in to the Service Time Table issued in April 1953:

  • The facing connection of the Up Goods Loop is electrically operated from Warwick Station Signal Box
  • Telephone communication exists between the Catchpoints at the entrance to the Loop and Warwick Signal Box
  • The Guard of each train passing over the Loop must advise the Signalman by Telephone immediately the last vehicle of the train, with tail lamp complete, is on the Loop clear of the Catchpoints.

The heritage of the original broad gauge track resulted in a greater distance between the two standard gauge tracks than the nominal six foot that was normal on standard gauge lines. At Warwick this extra space was used for the point rodding and signal wires.

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