General information | |||||
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Location | Coventry, City of Coventry England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°24′04″N 1°30′49″W / 52.4010°N 1.5136°W | ||||
Grid reference | SP33057822 | ||||
Managed by | Avanti West Coast | ||||
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | COV | ||||
Fare zone | 5 | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London and Birmingham Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1838 | Opened | ||||
1962 | Rebuilt | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 7.877 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.054 million | ||||
2020/21 | 1.747 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.133 million | ||||
2021/22 | 4.636 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.471 million | ||||
2022/23 | 5.977 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.345 million | ||||
2023/24 | 6.471 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.402 million | ||||
Listed Building – Grade II | |||||
Feature | Coventry Station, including attached platform structures | ||||
Designated | 24 November 1995 | ||||
Reference no. | 1242849[1] | ||||
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Coventry railway station is the main railway station serving the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England.[2] 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 Coventry 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, Blackpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh. There are also long distance CrossCountry services to Manchester Piccadilly to the north and Reading and Bournemouth to the south. Local services also operate between Coventry-Nuneaton, Northampton and Leamington Spa. With nearly 6.5 million passengers in 2023–2024, the station is the second busiest in the West Midlands, after only Birmingham New Street.[3]
The station has the PlusBus[4] scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving.
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