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LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)

Birdingbury Station: lnwrbird1335

An early post nationalisation view of Birdingbury station looking towards Rugby with the goods yard and signal box still in use on 22nd June 1951

An early post nationalisation view of Birdingbury station looking towards Rugby with the goods yard and signal box still in use on 22nd June 1951. The presence of the porters barrow indicates that passengers do still use the service although not in the numbers to warrant the service to remain open. The step in front of the station building and the boarded crossing from the up to the down platform was used by station staff to save them from walking to the end of the platforms where a porter's barrow crossing can be seen. This barrow crossing was however the only way passengers could cross the line. The signal opposite the box has been changed with the original short lower quadrant signal being replaced with a taller upper quadrant signal.

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