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

Coventry Station: lnwrcov558

View of horse-drawn vehicles bringing a delivery of bicycles to Warwick Road goods yard for dispatching to all over the UK circa 1899. The bicycle's light weight meant it only required a basic frame to be provided to protect them from damage in transit. One can only guess what today's Health and Safety would say if they saw loads like this on today's roads. Coventry was the home of the bicycle at the turn of the century when John Starley invented the 'safety' bike resulted in a massive explosion in sales. Bicycles were dispatched both by goods train and brake vans on passenger trains.

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