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The existence of the railway at the site had been a major consideration in the selection of this site for the construction of a curling pond together with the geography of the site and its retentive clay bottom, peat having been extracted. The station had been opened by
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lay either side of the double track line with several sets of points creating two passing loops and four head shunts. Level crossings were located either side of the platform. The layout was designed for the frequent arrival, temporary storage and rapid departure of trains.
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that had started at 11.25 and finished at 2.30pm and the queuing of passengers had to be carefully organised with only four carriages able to use the station platform at one time.
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