Hawkesbury Lane railway station

Hawkesbury Lane
Site of the station in 1995
General information
LocationBlack Horse Rd, Hawkesbury, Bedworth
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Key dates
2 September 1850Opened
18 January 1965Closed
Location
Map

Hawkesbury Lane was a railway station on the Coventry to Nuneaton Line, which served the village of Hawkesbury, just north of Coventry and south of Bedworth. It opened along with the line in 1850, and was closed in 1965[1] when passenger services on the route were withdrawn.

The station was located just north of the still existing level crossing on Black Horse Road, and had unusually low platforms.

In a document by West Midlands Rail Executive it was proposed that Hawkesbury could reopen to passengers as part of a long term 30 year strategy for the West Midlands. It was proposed for reopening between 2034 and 2047.[2]

References

  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1993). LNWR Branch Lines of West Leicestershire & East Warwickshire (First ed.). Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-947796-16-9.
  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 218. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 28 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine Wolverhampton-Coventry Corridor p. 28
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Longford and Exhall
Line open, station closed 		  London and North Western Railway
Coventry–Nuneaton line 		  Bedworth
Line and station open

52°27′38″N 1°28′38″W / 52.460599°N 1.477339°W / 52.460599; -1.477339