Coleshill Parkway railway station

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

Coleshill Parkway
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Location
Place	Coleshill
Local authority	North Warwickshire
Grid reference	SP198910
Operations
Station code	CEH
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2007/08	47,955
2008/09	104,532
2009/10	130,640
2010/11	151,792
2011/12	170,320
2012/13	192,242
2013/14	213,284
2014/15	228,386
History
10 February 1842	Station opens as Forge Mills
1 November 1849	renamed Forge Mills for Coleshill
1 April 1904	renamed Forge Mills
9 July 1923	renamed Coleshill
4 March 1968	Station closes
18 September 2007	Station reopened as Coleshill Parkway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Coleshill Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

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.

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 four direct bus connections per hour to Tamworth 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, two eastbound towards Leicester, Cambridge and Stansted Airport and two westbound to Birmingham New Street.

External links

• Train times and station information for Coleshill Parkway railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Coleshill Parkway railway station
• Coleshill {Forge Mills} entry on Warwickshirerailways.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Water Orton		CrossCountry Birmingham-Leicester		Nuneaton
Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street		CrossCountry Birmingham-Stansted Airport		Nuneaton