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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Coleshill (Maxstoke) Station: mrcm1204
A 1936 view of Maxstoke station which, despite surface
erosion to the platform, was still tidily maintained despite the lack of
traffic. The stationmaster, a Mr Leary, retired in 1936 having never ever
issued a ticket bearing the station's name. The following year the fixed
distance and home signals were repainted and had new spectacles fitted despite
Hampton station's being removed at the same time. Roger Waring notes in his
book 'The Stonebridge Railway' states that about this time the station building
was sold to the former stationmaster. However later in his book Roger notes
that in 1960 following the death of Mrs Leary, by then just one 100 years old,
the local authority condemned the property in September of that year and
despite a local resident offering 'to buy the station from British Rail, and
whilst they were prepared to accede to the request, the local authority was
adamant. Maxstoke had to go.'
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