Improving Rail Transport In Warwickshire
Warwickshire doesn’t often feature in rail infrastructure, but I was pleased to see that work is poised to start on a new station at Kenilworth, according to an article in Modern Railways. This will be served by new services on the Coventry and Leamington Line.
The council has even put up a blog. From which I clipped this plan of the new station.
New Kenilworth Station Plan
Compare this with the area now from Google Earth.
Kenilworth Now
Note that the current pedestrian bridge is retained. It also appears that the line through the station is going to be double-tracked.
Plans are also in place to upgrade the Coventry to Nuneaton Line, with better services and new stations at Coventry Arena and Bermuda Park, for which work has started in October 2014. Does this Google Eart image of the Coventry Arena, show the work site?
Coventry Arena Station Site
There’s an on-line leaflet describing the station improvements on the Nuckle on the Warwickshire County Council web site. The fenced-off com pound, would appear to be in the fright place for the station.
Fom this leaflet, I think that Bermuda Park station is north of the Griff Roundabout, where the B4113 joins the A444. The leaflet shows the station at some point on St. George’s Way, where the rail line goes close.
Bermuda Park Station
These three new stations and the upgraded lines are the sort of improvements to be welcomed.
As the Coventry to Nuneaton Line connects two electrified main lines, I wonder how long it is before the line gets wired? Or would this be a classic place to use a battery electric multiple unit?
The Anonymous Widower 
Hi,
the fenced off compound is actually from when London 2012 was on – it is the olympic security areas in car park D of the arena.
Comment by itsthebloke | May 1, 2016 |