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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: lnwrcov597
View of the Rugby end of the down platform below Stoney Road
bridge showing the late 19th century station structure as seen on 10th April
1953. The platform beyond the bridge is significantly wider than the area to
the right. The latter being restricted by the retaining wall constructed after
the 1870s rebuilding and before the 1901-4 alterations. The advertising
hoardings to the left of the bridge have replaced the ones that were damaged by
the bombing in November 1940. The road bridge, being used effectively by the
young trainspotters to have a panoramic view of the station, was rebuilt at
least three times during the life of the station. The original bridge being
built at the time of the opening of the London & Birmingham Railway was
later replaced some time in the 1880s by this steel girder construction which
was itself superceded by the current concrete structure which was constructed
during the building of the new 1960s station.
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