Coleshill Parkway railway station

Coleshill Parkway is a railway station at Hams Hall on the Birmingham to Peterborough railway line, serving Coleshill in Warwickshire, England. Sitting on the site of the former Coleshill station which closed in 1968, the current station was opened in 2007, it is owned by Network Rail and managed by West Midlands Trains train operating company (TOC); all rail services are operated by CrossCountry.

For the railway station known as Coleshill from 1839 to 1923, see Maxstoke railway station.

Coleshill Parkway
LocationColeshill, North Warwickshire
England
Grid referenceSP198910
Managed byWest Midlands Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCEH
ClassificationDfT 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
2015/16 0.267 million
2016/17 0.287 million
2017/18 0.298 million
2018/19 0.294 million
2019/20 0.264 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

First station (1842–1968)

The first station at the site was opened in 1842, by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its line from Whitacre Junction to Lawley Street, and was originally known as Forge Mills. A second station nearby had previously been called 'Coleshill' but this was on the Stonebridge Railway; a different line nearby. In 1923 this second station (which had lost its passenger service in 1917) was renamed Maxstoke, and Forge Mills station was renamed Coleshill.[2]

However this second Coleshill station, the former Forge Mills, was closed in March 1968.

The site of Forge Mills station.

Current station

After a gap of 39 years, a new station Coleshill Parkway was opened on the site of the former Coleshill (Forge Mills). Work on the new station started in May 2006.[3] The new station was originally scheduled to open in Spring 2007, but construction delays postponed the opening to 18 September 2007. The new station cost £9 million to build.[4] It was jointly funded by the Department for Transport, Warwickshire County Council and the John Laing Group, with developer contributions secured by North Warwickshire Borough Council. The opening ceremony was attended by the son of the last stationmaster of the old station.[5]

Facilities

Facilities on site include a 200-space car park and a ticket office. Many signs are in place for local access to the station.

The station incorporates a bus interchange providing direct bus connections to Birmingham city centre on the X70 operated by National Express West Midlands and Birmingham Airport on the 75 operated by Claribel Coaches, taking around fifteen minutes to the airport.

Tickets for the bus to the airport can be bought from any rail retailer. Tickets to Birmingham International can be routed via New Street or the bus; although the same price these are not interchangeable. The bus connection is often quicker if travelling from the east (Leicester).

Station platforms

Services

Two trains an hour operate in each direction (including Sundays); two eastbound towards Nuneaton and Leicester, with hourly extensions to Peterborough, Cambridge and Stansted Airport and two westbound to Birmingham New Street.[6]

References
  • "Bridges in place for new station". BBC. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2007.
  • "Coleshill Parkway Opens 19th August 2007". Warwickshire County Council. 29 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
  3. "Work under way at new £9m station". BBC News. 18 May 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  4. "Transport Minister in Birmingham to hear local views and in Coleshill to open new £9m railway station". Railhub. Railhub. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. "Railway station officially opens". BBC News. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  6. Table 47 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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