Coventry Station and Bert Holmes slate plaque

This slate commemorative plaque records: Coventry Station The original railway station at Coventry. Situated by Warwick Road was built by the London & Birmingham Railway and opened on the 9th April 1838. The present structure was formally opened on 1st May 1962 by Mr. Bert Holmes. A retired railwayman for 48 years successively in the service of the London & North Western, London Midland & Scottish and British Railways at Coventry.

Bert Holmes, a longtime railway employee with over four decades of service across various railway companies including the London & North Western, London Midland & Scottish, and British Railways, formally opened the present structure of Coventry Station on May 1, 1962, marking his significant contribution to the local railway history.