Foleshill railway station
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Foleshill railway station was a railway station in the city of Coventry
, England
, built by the London and North Western Railway
. It was the proceeding station after Daimler Halt on the London and North Western Railway
line from Coventry to Nuneaton. The station was located in the northern part of Coventry, approximately 3 miles from the City Centre, on the western 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 freight 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.
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, built by the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
. It was the proceeding station after Daimler Halt on the London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
line from Coventry to Nuneaton. The station was located in the northern part of Coventry, approximately 3 miles from the City Centre, on the western 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 freight 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.