LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Berkswell and Balsall Common: lnwrberk1313b
This close up of image 'lnwrberk1313' showing the two
platforms staggered either side of the level crossing and the under-bridge with
the station master's house on the left. The underbridge, which can just about
accommodate a car, can be seen on the left between the mineral wagon and the
crossing gate. In the early years the underbridge only had to accommodate
horse-drawn traffic and livestock being driven to market. Today the narrow road
is one-way running from right to left in this view.
'Dockers Lane', as the station was first known, was renamed
'Berkswell' in 1853 and 'Berkswell & Balsall Common' in 1865, the same year
the station began handling goods traffic. It is believed the original name
'Dockers' referred to a local person.
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