RAILSCOT | Coventry

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.

Nearby stations Coundon Road Daimler Halt Canley Foleshill Coventry Arena Tile Hill Kenilworth Brandon and Wolston Berkswell Bedworth Shilton Bulkington Brinklow Bermuda Park Warwick Milverton	Coventry South Junction Coventry North Junction Works Humber Road Junction Standard Triumph Motor Works Three Spires Junction Binley Colliery Coventry Colliery Prologis Park Kenilworth Junction Longford Colliery Beechwood Tunnel Hawkesbury Colliery Newdigate Colliery Griff Clara Colliery
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

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

News items

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