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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

Binton Station: smjb190

Diagram showing the simple layout of Binton station and goods shed and yard as seen post-1900

Diagram showing the simple layout of Binton station and goods shed and yard as seen post-1900. Before the siding passes through the goods shed there are two cattle pens whilst on the other side of the shed are offices for Messrs. Robson and a carriage landing dock. Adjacent to the carriage dock is a weighing machine and weigh office for checking the weights of any bulk goods brought to or delivered from the yard. Such facilities would have been available to the wider commercial world for a small fee. Messrs. Robson is believed to be the local coal merchant whose coal would have been stacked on the opposite side of the access road for most of the length of the siding. Unless Robson's owned their own wagons they would have used either the colliery's or railway company wagons. Use of the latter wagons necessitated that they needed unloading within three days of arrival or otherwise charges would be incurred. It should be noted that the above diagram quotes the hand operated crane in the goods shed as having a 30 cwt (one and half tons) capacity which is contrary to the information contained in the Railway Clearing House's 1894 and 1929 Handbook of Railway Stations both stating the capacity as being two ton.

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