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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton
Nuneaton Abbey Street Station: mrna1925
Looking through the Midland Road bridge which carried the
A47 road to Birmingham from the town centre. Judging by the enamel station name
board, running-in board to use the correct technical parlance, the photograph
was taken in either the late 1950s or early to mid 1960s. Through the bridge
you can see the junction where the lines diverged to Shackerstone (the Ashby
& Nuneaton Joint line) left beyond the water tower, straight on to the
Trent Valley main line, whilst the tracks diverging to the right went on to
Leicester. The Midland Railway built Nuneaton Abbey Junction signal box can be
seen controlling the array of lines at this point. Note at the end of the
platform the boarded crossing which was often used 'illegally' by passengers
crossing the line to reach the Leicester bound platform. The sign on the left
at the bottom of the steps warns passengers not to use the boarded crossing and
only to cross the line by using the road bridge.
Peter Lee
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