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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)
Marton Station: lnwrmart1331
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Another view of Marton station's station master's house and
passenger facilities with the boarded crossing in the foreground. The approach
to the station was via a driveway from the Oxford Road, which ran between
Coventry and Southam and was behind the cameraman. The access road served both
passengers and goods traffic, although passengers had to cross the line by
using the timber barrow crossing seen in the foreground. When first built the
station had just a single line platform with the goods yard was located
opposite. When doubled, the second (up) platform had to be located diagonally
opposite giving the station a staggered platform layout. As this new platform
had to be built on the embankment and bridge which carried the railway over the
Oxford Road it was constructed using timber as this was lighter in weight and
would not require heavy and substantial foundations. The pointwork seen in
front of the down platform leads to the goods yard as seen in image 'lnwrmart1330a'.
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