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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

Stratford on Avon Station: smjsa244

Looking east past the former up platform towards the bridge carrying the line over the River Avon on 17th April 1965

Looking east past the former up platform towards the bridge carrying the line over the River Avon on 17th April 1965. The water column, complete with its 'fire devil' to stop it from freezing in winter, issited between the up and down lines is still in place. As is evident, the rails are very rusty a factor which led to the line's urgent closure because when the 1960 chord linking the SMJ to the GWR line was built the revised layout was heavily protected by track circuit enabled interlocking. However with the lack of use the track circuit was impded by the rust and failed to detect when sections were occupied.

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