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Original Text (Annotation: EPW023244 / 437039)
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The old station was restricted in length by the junction on the approach to the flyover, to the west of the picture, were the line from Kingston and Strawberry Hill comes over the top to join the line to Richmond and Waterloo. When longer trains were required the only space for longer platforms was to the east of the London Road Bridge. The flying junction (Twickenham Junction) was opened on the 22nd October 1883 as part of a scheme to ease the flow of traffic on the SW London suburban lines. Similar 'grade separated junctions' were opened at New Malden 1883 and Raynes Park 1884. Hampton Court Junction had to wait until 1915 as part of the electrification scheme. '
