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Coventry Station: lnwrcov637

View of Diesel No D5574 at the head of a promotional special train standing at the down platform during rebuilding

View of Diesel No D5574 at the head of a promotional special train standing at the down platform during rebuilding circa 1961. This view shows that platform 1 is having new concrete posts positioned marking the edge of the platform some 12' to 15' to the front of the old parcel platform. Halfway down the up platform at a point near the old parcels office the new platform joined the existing platform. Interestingly, as can be seen, the old parcel platform is solid brickwork through out its length which when compared to image 'lnwrcov611' is rather different. In these views the platform changed from being a brick structure to a timber framed platform at about this point. It is therefore probable that the above brickwork dates from a very early phase of Coventry's continuous process of building extensions and modifications during the 19th century.

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