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Leamington Spa Station: gwrls2126

View of Leamington's newly rebuilt up platform with only the painting to complete on 27th October 1939

View of Leamington's newly rebuilt up platform with only the painting to complete on 27th October 1939. The connection in the foreground led to the down side dock siding which had first been installed in 1852. Whilst originally used to load and unload road vehicles and horses, in later days it was occasionally used as a refuge by pilot passenger locomotives when detaching from a down train. The signal gantry has been incorporated into the ornate steel work holding up the platform canopy. The new section of brick in the centre and on the face of the platform was required to increase the height of the platform, the original 1852 section being lower than the sections at either end which were built later.

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