Coventry railway station

Coventry
National Rail
The new station building, opened 2022.
General information
LocationCoventry, City of Coventry
England
Coordinates52°24′04″N 1°30′49″W / 52.4010°N 1.5136°W / 52.4010; -1.5136
Grid referenceSP33057822
Managed byAvanti West Coast
Transit authorityTransport for West Midlands
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeCOV
Fare zone5
ClassificationDfT category B
History
Original companyLondon and Birmingham Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1838Opened
1962Rebuilt
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 7.877 million
 Interchange Increase 1.054 million
2020/21Decrease 1.747 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.133 million
2021/22Increase 4.636 million
 Interchange Increase 0.471 million
2022/23Increase 5.977 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.345 million
2023/24Increase 6.471 million
 Interchange Increase 0.402 million
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureCoventry Station, including attached platform structures
Designated24 November 1995
Reference no.1242849[1]
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Listing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ AA Street by Street. Coventry Rugby (2nd ed.). AA Publishing. May 2003. p. 2. ISBN 0-7495-3973-9.
  3. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". Office of Road and Rail. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Plus Bus Official Website". 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.