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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

LMS Route: Hampton in Arden to Whitacre

Hampton - Derby Junction: lnwrhiaj705b

Close up showing the original B&DJR Hampton station building which housed a booking hall, waiting rooms and parcels office

Close up of image 'lnwrhiaj705' showing the original B&DJR Hampton station building which housed a booking hall, waiting rooms and parcels office. The original platform's height is significantly lower than platforms later installed at stations throughout the country because the floor height of the carriages from rail level increased as to accommodate more substantial underframes. Initially, railway carriages were based upon road coaches with passengers climbing up into the body of the coach via steps on the outside. Later carriages, which provided several compartments, required more axles, first six-wheel carriages followed by bogie sets necessary to accommodate carriages of sixty feet in length. The platform seen above would have at one time been graced with the presence of the royal family on their early travels to the north of England.

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