Coventry Arena  | |||||
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 Station soon after opening in January 2016 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Coventry England | ||||
| Grid reference | SP344833 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CAA | ||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 18 January 2016 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  122,400 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  25,452 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 68,134 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 107,660 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 108,950 | ||||
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Coventry Arena railway station is a railway station on the Coventry-Nuneaton Line. Located to the north of Coventry, England, it serves the adjacent Coventry Arena, for which it is named. It was opened on 18 January 2016, along with Bermuda Park station[1] after considerable delays.[2][3]
Although the station was intended to serve the adjacent arena, it was announced in August 2015 that the station would be closed for one hour preceding and following football matches, rugby matches and concerts on safety grounds as there was insufficient rolling stock to run the services necessary for spectators:[4] while six-carriage trains could be chartered to run every half-an-hour during weekends, the fares generated would not cover the chartering cost.[3]
- ^ "New stations are opened but matchday rail services are still off the timetable". Nuneaton News. Retrieved 18 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Coventry reacts to Ricoh Arena rail station delays: 'Embarrassing for the city!'". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Ricoh Arena railway station hit by further delays". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Coventry City FC and Wasps RFC fans warned not to use new Ricoh Arena train station". Coventry Telegraph. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.