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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: lnwrcov594
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Looking along the private road towards Warwick Road and the
original 1838 station with the parcel office on the left. For many years up to
the middle 1880s this was the only access to the station until Eaton Road was
built. The boundary wall on the right also constituted the City's boundaries
from many years as recorded on an 1887 OS map. Vehicles entering from Warwick
Road could continue to the right of the picture in to Eaton Road and then on to
Park Road, all built as part of the City's expansion. It is thought the
photograph might be posed for some reason as the vehicles carry the Daimler
marque. One vehicle has a registration plate showing with the letters DU which
was one of the first letter combinations allocated to Coventry registered
vehicles, others being HP, KV, RW, VC, WK. Registration of road vehicles in
Great Britain commenced in 1903 and was operational from January 1904. Today
trade plates can be seen with the letters DU used by transport companies
delivering cars throughout the country.
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