Coventry Station
(1838-present)
place and railway station
Aged 186
Wikidata WikipediaCoventry railway station is the main railway station serving the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England. The station is on the Birmingham loop of the West Coast Main Line (WCML); it is also located at the centre of a junction where the lines to Nuneaton and to Leamington converge. It is situated on the southern edge of the city-centre, just outside the inner ring road, about 250 yards to the south of junction 6. Coventry station has regular services between London Euston and Birmingham New Street on the WCML. Other services are extended to/from Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Preston, Glasgow and Edinburgh Waverley. There are also long distance CrossCountry services to Manchester to the north and Oxford and Bournemouth to the south. Local services also operate between Coventry-Nuneaton, Northampton and Leamington Spa. The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
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.
Platform 1 - Coventry Station, Coventry, United Kingdom where it sited (1838)