GWR Route: Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch Junction

Aston Cantlow: gwrac1a

Close up of image 'gwrac1' showing how timber was used for all aspects of the construction of the Halt at Aston Cantlow. The standard GWR Halt platform was constructed from 12” wide by 3” thick planks supported on 8”x 6” transverse beams at 7’ centres on 6”x 6” uprights. The structure was braced with 4¼”x 3½” struts. This standard prefabricated GW corrugated iron shelter had an arced roof similar to the standard lamp huts. It was very basic internally with wooden bench seating and no heating. On the platform there are four oil lit lamp posts to provide passengers with light during darkness. This type of Halt was first specified by the Great Western Railway following the introduction of steam railcars on the Stroud Line in Gloucestershire in 1903. Many GW Halts had a prefabricated corrugated iron shelter with a distinctive pagoda style roof.

Robert Ferris

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