Coventry railway station

Coventry railway station is served by four different rail operating companies: CrossCountry with services on their Bournemouth–Manchester route, London Northwestern Railway stopping en route between London and Birmingham, Virgin Trains stopping in Coventry on Virgin’s London–Birmingham, London–Shrewsbury and West Coast Main Line routes and West Midlands Railways local services to destinations in Staffordshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands.

From Coventry, there are 7 trains per hour to Birmingham New Street, six trains per hour to London Euston, two trains per hour to Leamington Spa and hourly trains to Carlisle, Kenilworth, Manchester Piccadilly, Nuneaton and Preston.

The West Midlands Day Ranger is a good deal if you want to make a day trip out of Coventry. It is good for one-day unlimited travel in the West Midlands (Birmingham and Coventry) and parts of neighbouring counties including Crewe, Hereford, Northampton, Leamington Spa, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-upon-Avon and Worcester. It is good for off-peak travel after 9am Mon–Fri and all day on weekends. This pass costs £26.50.

The train station is located around a 10-minute walk south of the city centre and station facilities include a WHSmith newsagent, a Starbucks coffee shop on platform one and a Pumpkin on platform two.