GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Fenny Compton Station: gwrfc82b

Close up of image 'gwrfc82' showing some of Fenny Compton station's staff standing in line posed for the photographer. Even though the station served a rural area the staffing of the station still required a much higher staffing level than would be the case today. During the inter war period some nine or ten members of staff were employed despite the GWR deploying a number of economy measures. The staff of such a station would have included the likes of station master, a booking clerk, porter, signalman and shunter. The up platform structure is built from timber but was of a different design to seen on the down platform being built when the Oxford to Birmingham line was first opened. The closeness of the lampposts was necessary as the illumination provided from the oil lamps was fairly poor.

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