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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station: lnwrcov646
View of Coventry Station's main entrance looking from Eaton
Road with a tram standing at the terminus. The open top tram is an early model
of one of Coventry's trams that ran in the city until the damage caused by the
blitz of November 1940 resulted in the abandonment of the whole system. The
station canopy and buildings behind were new having been built during the
1901-3 period. Beneath the station canopy is a horse drawn vehicle which
appears to be some either a LNWR parcels or luggage vehicle based on its shape
and its livery. The minimal amount of road traffic at the turn of the century
meant that the LNWR did not have to address the need of directing the flow of
traffic. Photographs taken in 1916 show road signs hung from the canopy
directing vehicles in one direction. See image 'lnwrcov618'.
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