GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Widney Manor Station: gwrwm420

A panoramic view of the rebuilt station taken from the Leamington end of the Down Relief, Platform No 4, with the signal box standing in the distance. Whilst the Down Relief and island platforms accommodating the Up Relief and Down Main are new, the Up Main which was Platform 1 also included the main station building both being part of the original structure. The space available at Widney Manor meant that the alignment of the extra tracks could be to one side of the station to accommodate the new Down Relief and Up Relief lines. This view shows the new platforms were built utilising timber both for the support framing and in part for the platform surface with wooden planking used in lieu of paved edging stones.

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