Coventry railway station

Coventry
The new station building, opened 2022.
General information
Location	Coventry, City of Coventry England
Coordinates	52°24′04″N 1°30′49″W / 52.4010°N 1.5136°W / 52.4010; -1.5136
Grid reference	SP33057822
Managed by	Avanti West Coast
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	COV
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category B
History
Original company	London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1838	Opened
1962	Rebuilt
Passengers
2019/20	7.877 million
Interchange	1.054 million
2020/21	1.747 million
Interchange	0.133 million
2021/22	4.636 million
Interchange	0.471 million
2022/23	5.977 million
Interchange	0.345 million
2023/24	6.471 million
Interchange	0.402 million
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature	Coventry Station, including attached platform structures
Designated	24 November 1995
Reference no.	1242849[1]
Location
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.