Bermuda Park railway station

Bermuda Park railway station is a railway station in the Bermuda area of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.^[1] It serves the Bermuda Park Industrial Estate, on the Coventry to Nuneaton Line between the existing stations at Nuneaton and Bedworth.^[2] Funding for the new station was approved in December 2011, along with that for the new Coventry Arena railway station.^[3] Both stations opened on 18 January 2016.^[4]

Bermuda Park
Bermuda Park station seen in January 2024
General information
Location	Bermuda, Nuneaton and Bedworth England
Coordinates	52.5029°N 1.4726°W / 52.5029; -1.4726
Grid reference	SP358896
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BEP
Key dates
18 January 2016	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	36,088
2019/20	38,078
2020/21	10,000
2021/22	25,612
2022/23	21,942
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

A planning application for the station was submitted to Warwickshire County Council in June 2012.^[5] Warwickshire County Council subsequently submitted an application to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council for the station in November 2013.^[6]

Work on building the station started on 6 October 2014.^[7] Work was announced as "nearing completion" in March 2015, with piling completed ready for the platforms to be installed.^[8] Having originally been scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2015, the completion of the project was delayed several times.^[9] The eventual opening date of Monday 18 January 2016 was announced by train operator London Midland on 15 January 2016.^[10][11]

No station previously existed at this site, but the former Chilvers Coton station, which British Railways closed in 1965, was about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to the north.

Services

One train per hour calls in each direction Mondays to Saturdays throughout the day, northbound to Nuneaton only, with southbound trains continuing towards Coventry, Kenilworth and Leamington Spa. Sunday services do not start running until after 10 am.^[12]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bedworth		West Midlands Railway Leamington – Coventry – Nuneaton		Nuneaton

References

1. "West Midlands Rail vision: Rail Development Strategy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
2. NUCKLE Phase 1 – Nuneaton to Coventry Rail Line upgrade Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Coventry to Nuneaton rail upgrade given go ahead". BBC News. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
4. "New stations are opened but matchday rail services are still off the timetable". Nuneaton News. Retrieved 18 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "Bermuda Park Station planning bid submitted". Warwickshire News. Warwickshire County Council. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
6. "A step closer for station". Nuneaton News. Local World. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
7. "Work on Bermuda Park railway station in Nuneaton starts". BBC News. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
8. "New Bermuda rail station nears completion". Coventry Telegraph. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
9. "More delays to Bermuda station opening". Nuneaton News. 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
10. "Two new rail stations will open on Monday 18 January" (Press release). London Midland. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
11. "Coventry Arena and Bermuda Park railway stations open". BBC News. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
12. "Train times | Leamington Spa - Nuneaton | Timetable from Sunday 10 December 2023". West Midlands Railway. December 2023.