Coventry railway station

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Coventry
View from Warwick Road bridge
(from the west)
Location
Place Coventry
Local authority City of Coventry
Grid reference SP33057822
Operations
Station code COV
Managed by Virgin Trains
Platforms in use 4
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 2.360 million
2005/06 * 2.719 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Midlands
Zone 5
History
1838
1960		 Opened
Rebuilt
National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Coventry from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
Portal:Coventry railway station
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Coventry railway station is situated about 250 yards to the south of junction 6 of the inner ring road in the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England.[1] The rail track is on the Birmingham loop of the West Coast Main Line, and forms a junction where lines to Nuneaton and to Oxford, Reading and the south coast, join the southbound WCML towards London.

The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving.

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[edit] History

The original station was built in 1838 as part of the London and Birmingham Railway and within two years it was rebuilt a few hundred feet nearer to Rugby. The station saw a number of modifications and extensions over the years which meant that when it was finally demolished in 1960 parts dated back 120 years. The present station of four platforms was constructed in the 1960s and is now a Grade-II listed building.

[edit] Services

The station is served by CrossCountry, London Midland and Virgin Trains. In the past, it has also been served by Silverlink, but these routes were transferred to Central Trains in 2004. Central Trains and Virgin Cross Country services were respectively transferred to London Midland and CrossCountry in 2007.

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Leamington Spa   CrossCountry
Bournemouth-Edinburgh		   Birmingham International
Rugby   London Midland
Rugby - Birmingham - Stafford		   Canley
Terminus   London Midland
Coventry - Nuneaton		   Bedworth
Rugby   Virgin Trains
Rugby - Birmingham - Stafford		   Birmingham International
View from Station Square
View from Station Square

[edit] Gallery

Station concourse

Platform one
(view from the east)

Coventry railway station
(view from the west)

Coventry railway station (view from the east)

[edit] References

  1. ^ AA Street by Street. Coventry Rugby, 2nd edition (May 2003), AA Publishing, p.2. ISBN 0749539739. 
  • An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Stations Vol. One Dr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001) ISBN 0860931684

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Railway stations in the West Midlands county
Main line:
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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:
Albion • Aldridge • Baptist End • Bentley • Bilston Central • Bilston West • Blowers Green • Bradley • Brettell Lane • Brierley Hill • Brockmoor Halt • Bromley Halt • Brownhills • Brownhills Watling Street • Bushbury • Compton Halt • Coundon Road • Curzon Street • Daimler Halt • Daisy Bank • Darby End • Darlaston • Darlaston James Bridge • Dudley • Dunstall Park • Ettingshall Road • Gornal Halt • Great Bridge North • Great Bridge South • Hagley Road • Handsworth & Smethwick • Harborne • Harts Hill • Heath Town • Hockley • Icknield Port Road • Monmore Green • Monument Lane • Moseley • North Walsall • Old Hill High Street • Oldbury • Pelsall • Penns • Pensnett Halt • Pleck • Portobello • Priestfield • Princes End & Coseley • Rood End • Rotton Park Road • Round Oak • Rushall • Short Heath • Smethwick West • Soho • Soho & Winson Green • Somerset Road • Spon Lane • Swan Village • Tettenhall • Tipton Five Ways • Walsall Wood • Wednesbury Central • Wednesbury Town • Wednesfield • Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton • West Bromwich • Willenhall Bilston Street • Willenhall Stafford Street • Windmill End • Winson Green • Wolverhampton Low Level • Wood Green
Heritage:
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