Trains to Coventry - Station Details and further Information on Coventry Train Services
Coventry train station is situated about 250 yards to the south of junction 6 of the inner ring road in the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England. The rail track is on the Birmingham loop of the West Coast Main Line, and forms a junction where lines to Nuneaton and to Oxford, Reading and the south coast, join the southbound WCML towards London.
The station is served by CrossCountry, London Midland and Virgin Trains. In the past, it has also been served by Silverlink, but these routes were transferred to Central Trains in 2004. Central Trains and Virgin Cross Country services were respectively transferred to London Midland and CrossCountry in 2007.
Until 2004 Coventry had a direct service to Nottingham via Leicester, but this was discontinued due to Network Rail taking away the ability for trains coming from Coventry to cross to the Leicester line at Nuneaton. Before Central Trains was broken up there was talk of restoring the service but since services are on the line to Leicester are now part of Cross Country it is unlikely.
Also when Cross Country was handed over to Arriva, the route via Wigan and Preston was excluded from the franchise and included in the West Coast Franchise. Subsequently CrossCountry now uses the route via York to get to Scotland, so Coventry lost its few direct trains to places in the North West besides Manchester. |