Tile Hill railway station explained

Tile Hill
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Tile Hill, Coventry
Country:England
Coordinates:52.3951°N -1.597°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:West Midlands Railway
Platforms:2
Code:THL
Zone:5
Classification:DfT category E
Transit Authority:Transport for West Midlands
Years:1850[1]
Events:Station opens as Allesley Lane
Years1:1857[2]
Events1:Station renamed Allesley Gate
Years2:1 April 1864
Events2:Station renamed Tile Hill
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Tile Hill railway station is situated in the west of Tile Hill, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England.[3] The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway.

History

Tile Hill station was opened in 1850, and was originally known as Allesley Lane, until 1857 it was renamed to Allesley Gate, it assumed its current name of Tile Hill in 1864. The station was located at a point where the railway crossed the road on a level crossing. It originally had staggered platforms, with one platform on one side of the level crossing, and the other to the other side of the level crossing.[4] The station was completely rebuilt when the line was electrified in the 1960's to its more conventional present form.[5] [6]

The level crossing adjacent to the station lasted until 2004,[7] where a large bridge was built to carry road traffic over the railway and a footbridge built to connect the station platforms, Level crossings at Berkswell and Canley were also removed to upgrade the line for more high speed trains.[6]

In 2009 the railway platform was extended, almost doubling the size. This was the case for a number of stations along the route.

Historically this has been a busy railway station as many locals and non-resident locals used it as a park & ride, However, recently after the sale of the overflow car park to property developers, persistent parking issues at the station in and around the neighbouring roads have caused inconvenience for passengers and residents of the new estate.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office located on platform 1 which is open Monday 06:00–19:00, Tuesday-Thursday 07:00–19:00, Friday 07:00–20:00, Saturday 08:00–19:00 and Sunday 08:30–14:00. When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket machine outside the ticket office which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train.

Services

Tile Hill is served by two trains per hour each way, to northbound and to via southbound. Some services to/from are split at with one service running between and and another between and .

On Sundays, the service is hourly during the morning with 2 trains per hour running through the afternoon.[8]

All services are operated by West Midlands Trains. Most services are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand but some services (mainly early morning and late night services which start/terminate at) operate under the West Midlands Railway brand.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tile Hill Station.
  2. Web site: Tile Hill Station.
  3. Book: AA Street by Street. Coventry Rugby. 2 January 2004 . AA Publishing . 36. 2nd (May 2003). 0-7495-3973-9.
  4. Web site: Tile Hill Station. Warwickshire Railways. 16 March 2014.
  5. http://warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrth713.htm Warwickshirerailways lnwrth713
  6. Book: Mitchell . Vic . Smith . Keith . Rugby to Birmingham . 2008 . Middleton Press . 978 1 906008 37 6.
  7. Web site: THE REBUILDING OF THE RAILWAY CONTINUES WITH A PROGRAMME OF ENGINEERING WORK ON THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE. Network Rail. 16 September 2016. 25 August 2004.
  8. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 68