LMS Route: Nuneaton to Coventry

Coundon Road: lnwrcr1472

The station masters house which stood on Coundon Road opposite the coal wharf. The pedestrian access gate allowed entry to the booking office which was based in the building on the Coventry platform. The sign on the corner of the station masters house reads 'Beware of Trains'. The crossing gates were prone to accidental damage, as were most crossing gates. Reg Kimber recalls that I can remember during the war one of the level crossing gates being virtually demolished by an American Army vehicle which ran into it in the dark.

The semaphore signal seen in image 'lnwrcr1283' has now been replaced by a colour aspect signal introduced as part of the modernisation of the signalling system in the mid-1960s when the Coventry Power box came on stream. The signal box opposite then only controlled the level crossing gates. The signal box still remains in place at the time of writing in March 2006.

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