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GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

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A 1973 view of the remains of down platform waiting room which incredibly is still being used by passengers

A 1973 view of the remains of down platform waiting room which incredibly is still being used by passengers. The pathway at the rear of the waiting room leads up to Malthouse Lane. The British Rail corporate signage of black lettering on a white background is a typeface called 'Rail Alphabet'. Designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert for British Railways it was first used by British Railways in signing tests at London's Liverpool Street Station. It was then adopted by the Design Research Unit as part of their comprehensive 1965 rebranding of British Railways. Rail Alphabet is similar, but not identical, to a bold weight of Helvetica (and, not quite as similar, Akzidenz Grotesk or Arial). Akzidenz Grotesk had earlier also provided the same designers the broad inspiration for the Transport typeface used for all road signs in the United Kingdom.

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