LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Alcester Station: mra138

View of one of the flood damaged bridges carrying the line over the River Arrow between Alcester and Wixford in January 1901. Flooding was not unknown to this stretch of the line but as Bob Essery remarks in his book, damage on this scale was not very frequent. The line crossed the River Arrow twice between Alcester and Wixford and clearly this section of the line required extensive repairs after the floods of 1901. The trackwork can be seen to be suspended in the air after the storm water has washed away the ballast from under the railway sleepers.

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