LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Kenilworth Station: lnwrk3786

A schematic drawing of the original single line double platform Kenilworth station dated 25th January 1876. Other than a facing crossover the diagram does not include any information on the goods yard located on the Coventry side of the station. Note the dotted line representing the position of the level crossing which was soon to be replaced by the passenger footbridge erected at the Coventry end of the station. The drawing appears to be providing information to the Signal & Telecom Department on what is required as part of an upgrade to the station. The old frame is to be removed and a new seven lever frame is to be installed. From the circles on the drawing (denoting new connections yet to be made) it would appear that the siding to the brickworks previously ran in directly off the loop line. The addition of two sets of points, one of which (on the left) is a catch point, would provide stabling of wagons outside the confines of the station thereby not affecting through traffic. The siding accessed from the Leamington side of the station forms part of Kenilworth's first goods yard and has an additional siding coming off at 90º accessed by a wagon turntable. This goods yard would appear to be from an earlier date. Within less than ten years the whole of the above was swept away when the 'cut off' branch to Berkswell was opened for passenger traffic on 2nd March 1884. This resulted in the single line being doubled from Common Lane through to Leamington Avenue.

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