Coventry

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Coventry

Station code: COV National Rail
Where: English West Midlands, England
Opened on the London and Birmingham Railway.




Chronology Dates

  /12/1844London and Birmingham Railway
Leamington Branch opened from Coventry to Milverton (for Leamington Spa).

News items

04/05/2020Coventry Very Light Rail project receives funding from WMCA [Railway Technology]
08/11/2018Coventry Stations £82m masterplan up for approval [RTM]
30/12/2016Ten evacuated as Kenilworth train catches fire [BBC News]
02/12/2016Vivarail trial start date delayed from October to February [RTM]
30/07/2016Converted Underground train could be running soon [Rail News]
18/01/2016Coventry Arena and Bermuda Park railway stations open [BBC News]
26/08/2015Coventry Arena train station to open – but football fans warned not to use it [Guardian]
07/02/2015Kenilworth railway station work gets under way [BBC News]
06/10/2014Work on Bermuda Park railway station in Nuneaton starts [BBC News]
03/12/2013Railway changes to benefit passengers [Blackpool Gazette]

Books


Great Railway Journeys: London to Birmingham By Rail (Through Time)

London and Birmingham Railway: 150 Years On
London and Birmingham: A Railway of Consequence