Berkswell is a stop on the West Coast Main Line in the West Midlands between Tile Hill and Hampton-in-Arden.
LNWR 350 114 departs London bound
Information
Type:
National Rail
(West Coast Main Line)
Station code:
BKW
Opened:
1844
Platforms:
2
The station (which is actually in Balsall Common not Berkswell) was opened in 1844 by the London & Birmingham Railway as Docker's Lane. It was changed to Berkswell in 1853, then Berkswell & Balsall Common in 1928 [1]. Nowadays it is known as just Berkswell.
The station originally had staggered platforms either side of a level crossing [2] but this was changed in 1900 to the current configuration. Berkswell was once a junction for a line that ran to Kenilworth but this closed in 1969. The level crossing was replaced by a sunken road bridge in 2004 to allow for higher speeds on the West Coast Main Line through Berkswell.
The station is managed by London Northwestern, who also provide all services to the station. There are usually two trains an hour in each direction during the week and Saturdays between Birmingham New Street and London Euston. Access between the two platforms is via a footbridge.
View down the platform
LNWR 350 265 heads through the site of the former level crossing
Main station building
View down the platform
LNWR 350 116 arrives heading for Birmingham
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Rugby to Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2008) Fig. 84 [2] Ibid. Fig. 83
