LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Coventry Station: lnwrcov599a

Close up of image 'lnwr599' showing a section of the parcels platform showing the range of goods being transported by express passenger services as late as the early 1950s. The parcel depot was enclosed and the buildings seen through the timber structure were sited on the wall to the private road which ran from the Railway Inn to the front of the station as seen in image 'lnwrcov594'. Behind the timbers on the right can be seen the stonework from the 1840 station. Motor bikes, bicycles and prams can be seen as are two large baskets a favourite means of transporting more fragile loads. The high desk to the front of the trolley was used by the clerks when recording the transit of goods in to and out of the depot.

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