GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Hall Green Station: gwrhg2931

A 1908 view of Hall Green station at the time of its opening with some of the staff standing on the up platform. A busy passenger station would require its staff to work two shifts to accommodate services starting early in the morning and ceasing late in the evening, potentially an eighteen hour day, seven days a week. The signal box would however require manning 24 hours a day, amounting to three shifts, as the line was a main route to the South West of England and goods services would be run at night taking advantages of the cessation of passenger services. In 1929 Hall Green was stated to have a staff of fifteen including the signalmen.

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