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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Trent Valley Line
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
Nuneaton Station: lnwrns1682
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Plan showing Nuneaton station's down platform and station
building after extensive remodelling to accommodate bays at either end for the
Ashby and Coventry branches. Whilst the 1911 diagram is limited to the down
platform and surrounding area a number of changes are visible compared to that
seen in image 'lnwrns1694'. On the left the
bridging carrying the railway over the Hinckley road has been replaced with a
bridge carrying the road over the railway. It has to be assumed that the
original bridge was too small with limited clearance coupled with a high water
table making the option of sinking the road much lower impractical. The station
yard is now occupied by Swinnerton's Saw Mill and larger goods sheds and
outhouses. A siding providing access to the goods yard by wagon turntable sited
on a siding adjacent to the Ashby bay is still in existence although this is
now supplemented by sidings fanning out from a connection with the Trent Valley
some distance away from the station in the direction of Stafford. In addition
to a new and much larger LNWR shed is a Midland Railway goods shed. The
existence of a Midland Railway shed was not unusual as many railway company had
facilities located at a station where they had no running lines. The allocation
of running rights was often a method employed by developers to overcome
objections by other railways in the planning stages of the line or indeed other
lines elsewhere. The Midland Railway enjoyed running rights to Coventry which
included the erection of a goods shed in the LNWR goods yard. The bay platform
is also a previously unknown feature and might have been used for traffic to
and from Coventry.
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