LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Tile Hill Station: lnwrth2098

Looking towards Coventry from the Birmingham end of the down platform with the passenger waiting room on the right. In this later photograph the half of the platform previously paved has been covered with tarmac. Both platforms were built in the 1860s when the practice was to construct platforms at a lower height than were required later in the century. To assist the elderly and other passengers that might require assistance to step into a carriage the railway companies provided steps. A set of three steps can be seen behind the bench. As recounted elsewhere on the site this was my local station and I can clearly remember the porter releasing homing pigeons from the down platform at least once a month.

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