Under a dramatic winter sky, an unidentified Class 390 Pendolino heads north past the site of Roade station forming the 14.03 Euston to Birmingham New Street. Many years ago there was another line to the right of the Class 390 that led to a bay platform behind me. This bay platform and the line was a direct link to the former Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) that crossed the WCML at ninety degrees a short distance south of this location. The short spur never saw much traffic and fell out of regular use early on.
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