Coventry railway station is the main railway station serving the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England. It is situated about 250 yards to the south of junction 6 of the inner ring road. The rail track is on the Birmingham loop of the West Coast Main Line (WCML), and is at the centre of a junction where the lines to Nuneaton, and to Leamington converge.
Coventry station has regular services between Birmingham New Street and London Euston on the West Coast Main Line, and also has long distance CrossCountry services to Manchester to the north, and Oxford and Bournemouth to the south. There are also local services to Nuneaton and Northampton.
The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving.
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