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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Kingsbury Junction: mrk1117
Looking towards Kingsbury Junction with the lines to
Whitacre on the left and Water Orton on the right seen on 30th June 1959. This
view shows that speed limit on the fast line to Water Orton was 60mph
compared to the 30mph on the route to Whitacre. The junction was
installed by the Midland Railway in 1909 as part of its strategic planning to
increase speeds. The frenetic pace of building during the first two or three
decades of railway development had resulted in some routes being longer than
they needed to be and in order to respond to competition short cuts needed to
be built. This policy was adopted by many railway companies during the last
decade of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century. The GWR
were major proponents of this policy as were the GCR with the LNWR and MR
following suit.
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