Coventry Arena railway station

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12 mile (800 m) to the north.

Funding for the new station was approved in December 2011. However, a number of setbacks meant that construction did not begin until October 2014 with services projected to start in June 2015, although this was later pushed back several times. [5] The station opened together with Bermuda Park station in Nuneaton on 18 January 2016. [6] [7]

Services

One train per hour calls in each direction Mondays to Saturdays throughout the day, with southbound trains continuing to Leamington Spa via Coventry and Kenilworth and northbound services running towards Nuneaton via Bedworth. Sunday services do not start running until after 10am, but then run hourly until end of service. [8]

In September 2015 it was revealed that Coventry City Council were looking into the possibility of using converted London Underground D78 Stock to run extra services on match days, although this did not happen. [9]

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
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCAA
Fare zone5
Key dates
18 January 2016Opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 111,462
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
West Midlands Railway

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References

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