Coventry railway station

 Here are some photos of Coventry railway station in May this year.

Firstly, a look at some trains that run through this station. This is West Midlands Railway's Turbostar 172001 on the18:17 service from Leamington Spa to Nuneaton, which calls on platform 4. 

Turbostar 172002 leaves platform 2 earlier in the day with a service going the other way, towards Leamington Spa.

A pair of London Midland Class 350 Desiros, led by 350129, calls at platform 1 on its way to London. 

Seen here arriving on platform 3 is an Avanti West Coast Pendolino 390138 heading north.

Now a look around the station. These are platforms 3 (left) and 4 (right), seen looking eastbound.

Platforms 3 and 4, looking west.

A map of the railway station between platforms 2 and 3. Unlike Loughborough station, which has two pairs of alternating up and down lines, the lines through platforms 1 and 2 both go eastbound while 3 and 4 go westbound. The map is rather inaccurate because not only is there a separate footbridge for disabled access, which is only connected to the adjacent footbridge by stairs at the very end on platform 4, but is also out-of-date, as a new ticket hall and car park has been built to the west of the existing station, together with a new footbridge, which is not shown on this map.

Platforms 1 (right) and 2 (left), looking west.

A sign on platform 4.

Platforms 2 and 1 looking west.

I have a soft spot for these peculiar brick tiles. In Loughborough, tiling like this can be found near the beam engine on the Uni.

Platforms 4 and 3, looking west.

An odd flowerbed between platforms 2 and 3.

Platforms 2 and 1. The new ticket hall and car park looms over the rest of the station.

Looking east from platform 3; a Pendolino approaches on the line on the left, coming from London; the line on the right continues towards Kenilworth and Leamington Spa.

The new ticket hall and car park as seen from the central footbridge.

The original concourse as seen from the end of the stairs-only footbridge. People using this footbridge after descending a flight of stairs turn right and then turn around and descend another flight of stairs which leads to platform 1, just outside the gate line.

More views of the original concourse. Built in 1962 to replace an earlier, desperately undersized station, the concourse became a Grade II listed structure in 1995.

Views of the exterior of the 1962 concourse.

The new ticket hall and car park as seen from the station approach.