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GWR Route: Stratford on Avon to Honeybourne

Sancta Lane Station: gwrsanct3159

Looking south from Sanctus Road bridge towards the junction with the SMJ during Sunday engineering work

Looking south from Sanctus Road bridge towards the junction with the former Stratford Midland Junction Railway during Sunday engineering work circa 1935. The brick built 18 lever signal box on the left handled all traffic exchange traffic. In the distance, just out sight, is the bridge carrying the original East & West Junction Railway's line (the E&WJR preceded the SMJ and later the LMS) to Broom, which had been granted its Royal assent in 1873. The GWR had insisted that the bridge be built to span two lines which was far sighted as thirty-five years later the line south from Stratford on Avon was re-built with double track as part of its 1908 route to the West Country.

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