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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Warwick Station: gwrw2195
A view from the south end of Warwick's down platform looking
towards Leamington Spa on Monday 20th August 1956. The glazed screens provided
some protection for the passengers from the wind in this exposed location. The
platforms at Warwick were staggered and the original platform level was
slightly lower.
The connection to the former horse dock sidings, which were
on the right under the loading gauge, had been removed five months earlier.
These sidings were located on the site of the station's first goods facilities,
which prior to July 1895 included a wagon turntable. According to the 1921 and
1929 Service Time Tables there were weight restrictions in place for the horse
dock sidings with the following locomotive types prohibited from working over
them; 4-4-0 County type, 4-4-2T, 2-6-2T, 4-6-0, 2-8-0 and 2-6-2T
(31xx). Restricted by the Coventry Road and other development, there was
limited room for expansion at this location and Warwick's main goods yard with
its large goods shed was therefore constructed on the other side of the running
lines and the Coventry Road. The goods shed can be seen in the distance beyond
the bridge girders. By 1955, even the sidings in the Main Goods yard had been
rationalised and they would be entirely taken out of use in April 1961, with
the rails removed in the following July.
Robert Ferris
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