GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Spring Road Platform: gwrsr1266

View of Spring Road station looking in the direction of Tyseley as a railmotor arrives on a Moor Street to Stratford upon Avon service. The distant signal seen on the opposite side to the railmotor with the bridge abutment painted white behind the signal arm was controlled from Tyseley South Signal Box. The Great Western Railway frequently painted white a solid background behind signal arms in order to assist the drivers of locomotives to see them more clearly, particularly at night or in inclement weather. Robert Ferris writes, 'The postcard shows the pagoda waiting rooms on both sides of Spring Road Platform before the Booking Office was constructed by the road at the top of the ramp or the waiting rooms were changed. This view must therefore portray the station in its original condition'.

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