LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station: lnwrcov2770b
Close up of image 'lnwrcov2770' showing a three car DMU standing
at Coventry's up platform which still retains some of the original structure.
To the left the canopy is a temporary structure whereas on the right its the
original but with its facade removed. Behind the platform two of the new parcel
depot's curved roof section can be seen. The volume of parcel traffic being
such in the 1950s, when the station was planned, that it was deemed necessary
to provide a larger facility than previous. Within a few years the growth of
road transport had effectively killed off this business and the depot was no
longer used.
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