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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

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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