Nuneaton railway station
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Nuneaton railway station is situated at the point (map: ) where the Birmingham - Leicester route crosses the Trent Valley Line section of the West Coast Main Line, with a branch running to Coventry.
It is now the only station in Nuneaton, but was previously known as Nuneaton Trent Valley, whilst the old Nuneaton Abbey Street station was also open.
On 6 June 1975 six people died and 38 were injured in the Nuneaton rail crash just south of the station.
In 2004, extra platforms were built on the site of the former goods loop and engineers sidings, Platforms 6 and 7 were to accommodate the Birmingham - Leicester - Stansted Airport services and reduce the number of conflicting movements across Nuneaton South Junction , this work also removed pointwork allowing trains to run from Coventry to Leicester via a reversal at Nuneaton.
Services
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em auto; text-align: center;" |- ! Preceding station ! colspan="3" | National Rail ! Following station
|- |colspan=5|[1] Service provided by buses |- |colspan=5|[2] Joint service with Silverlink |- |colspan=5|* Most, but not all, trains on this service call here
| West Coast Main Line |
| Principal stations (from south to north) London Euston Watford Junction Milton Keynes Central Rugby Nuneaton Tamworth Lichfield Trent Valley Stafford Crewe then >Manchester Piccadilly or >Liverpool Lime Street or Warrington Bank Quay Wigan North Western Preston Lancaster Oxenholme Lake District Penrith North Lakes Carlisle Lockerbie Carstairs Junction then Motherwell Glasgow Central or >Haymarket >Edinburgh Waverley |
External links
- [Nuneaton Station at warwickshirerailways.com]
- [Train times] and [station information] for Nuneaton railway station from National Rail
- [Map] and [aerial photo] of Nuneaton railway station from Multimap.com
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