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London North Western
Railway:
 Midland
Railway:
 Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth
Atherstone Station: lnwr_ath1079
Looking towards Rugby across the level crossing as the down
Irish Mail passes Atherstone's Signal Box prior to the quadrupling of the line
on 1 July 1901. In front of the level crossing can be seen a bridge which
carried the railway over an underpass. The underpass was built as part of the
original railway - as found at Nuneaton, however it was built in 1847 and was
designed to accommodate rural traffic rather than the much larger loads found
on the roads within a couple of decades. The dispute between the LNWR and
Warwickshire County Council over the level crossing resulted in the council
winning a court order limiting the speed of rail traffic to 4 mph. The two sets
of signals have replaced the signal seen in image 'lnwr_ath1275'.
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