Foleshill railway station

Foleshill
General information
Location	Lockhurst Lane, Holbrooks, Coventry England
Coordinates	52°26′00″N 1°30′18″W / 52.4332°N 1.5049°W / 52.4332; -1.5049
Grid reference	SP337817
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 September 1850	Opened
18 January 1965	Closed
Location

Foleshill railway station was a

. The railway station was located in the northern part of Coventry, approximately 3 miles from the city centre, on the northern end of Lockhurst Lane in Holbrooks.

There are a few remnants of the old station, all that can be seen is the remains of one of the platforms and the railway line is still in use by both goods and passenger trains. The station was located directly to the north of the Lockhurst Lane road bridge across the railway. The station also had a signal box located on the down line just to the south of the station immediately before the road bridge, right at the foot of the pedestrian stairs off Lockhurst Lane down to Holbrooks Lane.

Labour Members of Warwickshire County Council have raised the prospect of the station reopening.^[1]

A bid was made to the Restoring Your Railway Fund in March 2020 for funding for a feasibility study into reopening the station. The bid was not successful.^[2]

In 2023, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) put forward plans to reopen the station.^[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Daimler Halt Line open, station closed		Coventry to Nuneaton Line		Longford and Exhall Line open, station closed

References

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Network Map
• Warwickshire Railways: Foleshill Railway Station