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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Acocks Green Station: gwrag1066
Looking towards Leamington with Acocks Green signal box and
Woodcock Lane road bridge in the distance prior to the building of the
passenger footbridge. Mike Wood writes on Acocks Green History Society's
website, "'Muddy Lane's (Woodberry Walk, also known on old postcards as
Woodcock Lane, which used to go as far as the Avenue) brick built bridge was
replaced" during the quadrupling of the line despite "originally been built
with accommodation for four tracks (Bridge 125¾). Eighty-three charges
of 'tonite' were placed in previously drilled holes in the brickwork. Two hours
occupation was allowed to protect the main line with timbers, blow up the
structure and clear the debris!"
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