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

Coventry Station: lnwr609

The original L & B station building still existed up until the 1960 rebuilding of the station although for much of its life it was used by the station master and his family. The ornate facade to the front elevation can easily be seen and of note is the roof's fascia and the door on the left. This was the original entrance used by the public to the booking office. Entrance to the platforms was also by the gateway between the two columns on the right of the building.

The post-war desire to "do away with the old" resulted in this historic building being demolished to make way for a multi-storey car park. Today even this car park no longer exists as the new car park's structure was found to have a major design defect in that too little reinforcement was used in the supporting beams. Despite remedial work today the only thing left on this site (and the parcels depot which it also occupied) is a tarmac hard standing area used for car parking.

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