Coleshill Parkway railway station

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Coleshill Parkway
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General information
Location Coleshill, Warwickshire
England
Grid reference SP198910
Managed by West Midlands Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCEH
Classification DfT category E
Key dates
10 February 1842Opened as Forge Mills
1 November 1849Renamed Forge Mills for Coleshill
1 April 1904Renamed Forge Mills
9 July 1923Renamed Coleshill
4 March 1968Closed [1]
18 September 2007Reopened as Coleshill Parkway
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.264 million
Water Orton   Midland Railway
Birmingham–Peterborough line
  Whitacre Junction

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