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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Hampton in Arden Station: lnwrhia1288

View of both the station building located at road level, which housed the booking office, and the goods yard access road which ran alongside

View of both the station building located at road level, which housed the booking office, and the goods yard access road which ran alongside. The lorry is travelling in the direction of Meridem whilst the road sign pointing to the left indicates the road to the original Hampton in Arden station known as 'Derby Junction'. The station building at road level was described by Preston Hendry and his son, Powell Hendry in their book 'LMS Stations' as being mock medieval with architectural features common with the Early English Gothic period (1200-1300).

In this 1930s view the roof over the door cantilivers to beyond the kerb which might indicate the reason why this roof was later cut back as seen in image 'lnwrhia687'. Another notable change is the wall on top of the bridge between the station building and the building, with the John Player advert, that provided the entrance to the up platform's staircase. As can be seen in image 'lnwrhia1289' this wall originally formed one side of the original passenger footbridge.

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