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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: The Shakespeare Route
Fenny Compton Station: smjfc176
Looking across the SMJ level crossing towards the joint
GWR/LMS Fenny Compton Signal Box in the Blisworth direction in March 1952. The
level crossing was in the early years of the railway rarely used as road
traffic tended to use the under-bridge. However as road vehicles became larger,
which the under-bridge could not accommodate, the level crossings became
increasingly used. The erection of a joint signal box was initiated by the need
by both railway companies to make economies in the aftermath of the depression
and falling revenues. However the presence of two level crossings, each with
its own set of gates only a matter of yards apart, also made operational
sense.
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