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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Stechford Station: lnwrstfd1604

Looking West towards New Street to the left and the line to Aston and Washwood Heath sidings to the right

Looking West towards New Street to the left and the line to Aston and Washwood Heath sidings to the right. The route to Aston from Stechford opened in 1882 and was designed to relieve pressure on the Stour Valley line which ran from New Street to Wolverhampton High Level station. Some expresses to Wolverhampton were divided at Stechford with one portion continuing to New Street and then on to Wolverhampton calling at all stations and the other proceeding directly. There were also services between Coventry and Walsall that used this route and it was a diversionary route during maintenance work on the Trent Valley when trains would be diverted from Stafford along the original Grand Junction Railway route. The line was also important for goods traffic eliminating the need for goods trains to approach the congested lines out side of New Street with Washwood Heath sidings being accessed via a junction on the Aston-Stechford line.

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