Coventry to Nuneaton Line
| Coventry to Nuneaton Line | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Type | Commuter rail, Rail freight |
| System | National Rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale |
Warwickshire Coventry West Midlands (region) |
| Termini | Nuneaton Coventry |
| Stations | 5 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1850 |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Operator(s) | London Midland |
| Rolling stock | Class 153 |
| Technical | |
| Number of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Coventry to Nuneaton Line is a railway line linking Coventry and Nuneaton in the West Midlands of England. The line has a passenger service. It is also used by through freight trains, and freight trains serving facilities on the route.
The current passenger stations on the route are Nuneaton, Bermuda Park, Bedworth, Coventry Arena and Coventry. Freight services run to Bedworth Murco Oil Terminal and Prologis Park Industrial Estate. The line has previously served many other small stations and now-closed goods yards.
Until 2016, the only intermediate station on the route was Bedworth. On 14 December 2011, the UK Government announced an £18.8 million project to upgrade the line, which included new stations at the Ricoh Arena and Bermuda Park (opened January 2016), lengthening of the platforms at Bedworth, and increasing the service frequency from hourly to half-hourly.
The line is currently not electrified, but it is proposed to electrify it at 25 kV AC overhead as part of the Electric Spine scheme.
All passenger services on the line are operated by London Midland who run an hourly service in each direction, provided by a single coach Class 153 diesel unit. In July 2016 it was announced that a prototype three coach Class 230 unit, would be trialled on the line for an initial period of 12 months. The unit consists of three rebuilt carriages of a former train. After the prototype unit caught fire in December 2016, it was announced in January 2017 that the planned trial had been cancelled.
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