Canley Halt

LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Canley Halt was opened in 1940 to service the recently constructed and newly expanded Standard Motor Works later the home of the Standard Vanguard and Triumph Sports Cars. The crossing had previously been known as Canley Gates from its inception when the London & Birmingham Railway first built the gate keeper's house to man the gates. Today the station remains open although extensively rebuilt but it is no longer a crossing as the frequency of rail service resulted in the gates being closed for too longer a period. Road traffic proceding to the City centre now uses a route via Fletchamstead Highway.

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Ref: lnwrchg545 J Hyde The original London and Birmingham Railway gatekeepers house located next to Canley Road gates crossing

Ref: lnwrchg546 J Hyde Looking towards Birmingham with the signal box on the down side of the track the same side where the basic booking office was located

Ref: lnwrchg677 Coventry Local Study Centre Looking towards the centre of Coventry with the Standard Motor Company's main office building behind the lamppost

Ref: lnwrchg544 HW Robinson LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 5579 'Punjab' passes under the footbridge on an up express prior to the Halt being built

Ref: lnwrchg543 J Hyde Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 45593 'Kolhapur' passes under the footbridge on a down mixed freight

Ref: lnwrchg542 J Hyde Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44439 and ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48752 are both operating 'wrong' lines as part of Permanent Way working

Ref: lnwrchg1065 M Mensing Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48518 is viewed from Beachwood Ave as it approaches Canley Halt with a ballast train

Ref: lnwrchg1297 RS Carpenter Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Patriot class No 45517 is seen at the head of a diverted Trent Valley up express train

Ref: lnwrchg1298 RS Carpenter Ex-LMS 6P 4-6-0 rebuilt Patriot class No 45531 'Sir Frederick Harrison' is seen at the head of a diverted Trent Valley down express

Ref: lnwrchg1299 M Mensing Ex-LMS 6P 4-6-0 rebuilt Jubilee class No 45735 'Comet' is seen approaching Fletchamstead Highway bridge

Ref: lnwrchg1300 RS Carpenter Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 45734 'Meteor' roars through the station on the down 'Midlander' express service

Ref: lnwrchg1542 P Riley Ex-LMS 7P 4-6-0 Royal Scot class No 46122 'Royal Ulster Rifleman' hurries a down express under Beachwood Ave bridge