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GWR Route: Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch
Bearley Station: gwrb781
By the late 1930s the 4½ mile single line
section between Hatton and Bearley was an unacceptable bottleneck and work
started in 1938 to double the line. Additionally at Bearley both platforms were
extended, the down platform waiting room rebuilt, a passenger footbridge
provided and goods yard weighbridge relocated. This view from the new passenger
footbridge looking along the new platform extensions towards Hatton shows the
work in progress in March 1939. This is an interim phase, the pointwork in the
foreground and siding trap point on what will become the new down running line
will soon be removed and a new trailing cross-over established beyond the road
bridge. Notice the replacement up starter signal with X on the arm, indicating
it is not in use.
Robert Ferris
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