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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Lapworth to Henley in Arden Branch Line: gwrha3221
View of the stop blocks at the Henley in Arden end of the
sidings looking south-westwards Finwood Road overbridge. The sidings and stop
blocks remained in place at Rowington Junction until the construction of the
M40 had it all torn away. The photograph is undated but - apart from the lack
of any stored rolling stock - represents a similar situation to that recorded
in my late father's (A L Maund) note of his earlier observation there on 13th
October 1956: "Double track almost as far as first bridge. Carriages
(?condemned) on both tracks. Underneath the bridge there was a barricade. Track
overgrown." The grid reference of the stop blocks and bridge I would put at
SP191686. Another photograph of the sidings, taken from Finwood Road overbridge
and looking in the opposite direction, can be seen in image 'gwrha2798'.
Richard Maund
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