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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 Shed: lnwrcov4130
A 1939 aerial view of the junction of the branchline to
Kenilworth, and on the right, Coventry's four road shed. The area to the
'south' of the station is now becoming developed with many houses being built
in Cheylesmore. The carriage sidings are almost at capacity, yet the appears to
be only a few locomotives standing outside the shed. Reg Instone of the LNWR
Society writes, 'Between 1920 and 1939 the four carriage sidings have become
six. Also, Quinton Road has been widened up to, but not including, the rail
overbridge. The Cheylesmore housing estate was built in the late 1930s on what
was once Quinton Park, a royal deer park, and latterly allotments. The bridge
must have been widened at a later date. The allotments to the left of the
carriage sidings still exist, the only ones in the area'.
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