Station code CEH DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SP198910 Managed by London Midland 2011/12 0.170 million | |
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Address Coleshill, Birmingham B46 1JZ, United Kingdom Similar Water Orton railway st, Lea Hall railway station, Nuneaton railway station, Stamford railway station, Stansted Airport railway st | ||
Coleshill Parkway Railway Station is a station at Hams Hall on the Birmingham to Peterborough railway line, serving Coleshill in Warwickshire, England. Opened in 2007, it is owned by Network Rail and managed by London Midland train operating company (TOC); all rail services are operated by CrossCountry.
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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.
However this second Coleshill station, the former Forge Mills, was closed in March 1968.
Current station
After a gap of 39 years, a new station Coleshill Parkway was opened on the site of the former Coleshill (Forge Mills). The new station was originally scheduled to open in March 2007, but construction delays postponed the opening to 18 September 2007. The new station cost £9 million to build.
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 and Birmingham International Airport, 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).
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.