Berkswell railway station

Berkswell is a railway station in the West Midlands of England. Although it takes its name from the nearby village of Berkswell, it is actually located much closer to the larger village of Balsall Common. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line between Coventry and Birmingham. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Central Trains.

There used to be a level crossing situated at the east end of the station, but this was removed in 2004 and a small tunnel was made under the tracks. Level crossings at the Tile Hill railway station and the Canley railway station were also removed to upgrade the line to carry more high speed trains.

Also, Berkswell was once the junction with a line that ran to Kenilworth, which has now been closed. The trackbed of this line is gradually being converted into a "Greenway" for walking, cycling and horseriding.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tile Hill		Central Trains Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line		Hampton-in-Arden

[edit] Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, Berkswell is served by two trains an hour between Birmingham New Street and Coventry, one of which continues to Northampton. On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Birmingham New Street and Coventry.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Berkswell railway station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of Berkswell railway station from Multimap.com

Photographs of Berkswell station at warwickshirerailways.com

Railway stations in the West Midlands county
Main line:	Birmingham International Birmingham New Street Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham Snow Hill Coventry Wolverhampton
Local:	Acocks Green Adderley Park Aston Berkswell Bescot Stadium Blake Street Bloxwich Bloxwich North Bordesley Bournville Butlers Lane Canley Chester Road Coseley Cradley Heath Dorridge Duddeston Dudley Port Earlswood Erdington Five Ways Four Oaks Gravelly Hill Hall Green Hampton-in-Arden Hamstead Jewellery Quarter Kings Norton Langley Green Lea Hall Longbridge Lye Marston Green Northfield Old Hill Olton Perry Barr Rowley Regis Sandwell and Dudley Selly Oak Shirley Small Heath Smethwick Galton Bridge Smethwick Rolfe Street Solihull Spring Road Stechford Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Town Sutton Coldfield Tame Bridge Parkway The Hawthorns Tile Hill Tipton Tyseley University Walsall Whitlocks End Widney Manor Witton Wylde Green Wythall Yardley Wood
Disused:	Blowers Green Brettell Lane Brierley Hill Brockmoor Halt Bromley Halt Brownhills Curzon Street Dudley Great Bridge North Handsworth & Smethwick Harts Hill Moseley Round Oak Pelsall Pensnett Halt Rushall Soho & Winson Green Wednesbury Town West Bromwich Wolverhampton Low Level
Heritage:	Birmingham Railway Museum Halt
Midland Metro:	Bilston Central Birmingham Snow Hill Black Lake Bradley Lane The Crescent (Bilston) Dartmouth Street Dudley Street, Guns Village Handsworth, Booth Street The Hawthorns Jewellery Quarter Kenrick Park Lodge Road, West Bromwich Town Hall Loxdale Priestfield The Royal Soho, Benson Road St. Paul's Trinity Way Wednesbury, Great Western Street Wednesbury Parkway West Bromwich Central Winson Green, Outer Circle Wolverhampton, St. George's
Transport in the West Midlands Centro Midland Metro