Chilvers_Coton_railway_station

Chilvers Coton railway station

Chilvers Coton railway station

Former railway station in England


Chilvers Coton was a railway station on the Coventry to Nuneaton Line, which served the Chilvers Coton area of Nuneaton, south of the town centre. It opened in 1850, along with the line, and was closed in 1965 when passenger services on the route were withdrawn.

1912 map showing the railways around Nuneaton, and the location of the station.

Quick Facts General information, Location ...

It was located in a cutting, just north of the point where the railway passed under College Street.

The station was originally opened by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) it came under the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1922, and then British Railways in 1948. It was closed under the Beeching Axe.

In January 2016, a new station, Bermuda Park was opened on the same line, around 12 mile (800 m) to the south of the site of Chilvers Coton station.


References

  1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 124. OCLC 931112387.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1993). LNWR Branch Lines of West Leicestershire & East Warwickshire (First ed.). Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-947796-16-9.
More information Preceding station, Historical railways ...

52.512026°N 1.470451°W / 52.512026; -1.470451


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