Coventry–Leamington line

Coventry to Leamington Line
Coventry to Leamington Line
	A CrossCountry Voyager service on the line at Milverton.
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	West Midlands (region)
Termini	Coventry; Leamington Spa;
Service
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	CrossCountry; West Midlands Trains;
Rolling stock	Class 220; Class 221; Class 172;
History
Opened	1851
Technical
Number of tracks	1–2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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The Coventry to Leamington Line is a railway line linking the city of Coventry with the town of Leamington Spa. The line was opened in 1844 by the London and Birmingham Railway, as far as Milverton. The line was extended to Leamington Spa Avenue in 1851. A connecting line to Berkswell opened in 1884.

Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line

to Birmingham New Street

Berkswell

Berkswell Loop

Coventry to Nuneaton line

Coventry

Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line

to Rugby

Gibbet Hill Junction

Kenilworth Junction

Milverton Junction

to Birmingham Moor Street

link added after

Avenue station closed

Leamington Spa General

Leamington Spa (Avenue)

Leamington–Rugby line

Chiltern Main Line

to Banbury

Late in the 19th century, most of the route was doubled to increase capacity. Only a small section just outside Kenilworth, at Gibbet Hill, remained single track. Most of the line was singled in 1972.

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