LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Tile Hill Station: lnwrth710

Looking towards Coventry from the down platform with the cantilevered signal box on the left. This photograph provides a perfect illustration as to why the LNWR, together with other railway companies, adopted staggered platforms when a road crossing was adjacent to the station. As can be seen, the up local two-car DMU has passed through the crossing before stopping at the station. This has meant that the gates can now be reopened to road traffic thereby minimising the disruption to the local population. On the Trent Valley line, frequency of closure resulted in the County Council taking the LNWR to court and forcing the latter to build a bridge, a much more expensive solution. Longer trains negated the benefit of the staggered crossing so by the 20th century this practice had ceased.

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