Train
For the latest updates on rail services see National Rail.
Why choose the train?
Getting to Friargate is fastest by train with services from across the region and beyond.
Find your station with the interactive map and details of free parking at Transport for West Midlands managed station car parks. Free parking is also available at Bedworth and Bermuda Park Stations.
See the latest departures from Coventry Station
How long do the fastest trains take?
From West Midlands
- Canley – 3 minutes
- Tile Hill – 5 minutes
- Birmingham International – 10 minutes
- Birmingham New Street – 20 minutes
- Wolverhampton – 43 minutes
From the East
- Rugby – 11 minutes
- Long Buckby - 22 minutes
- Northampton – 33 minutes
- London Euston - 59 minutes
From the North
- Coventry Arena – 8 minutes
- Bedworth – 14 minutes
- Bermuda Park – 18 minutes
- Nuneaton - 22 minutes
From the South
- Kenilworth - 8 minutes
- Leamington Spa – 10 minutes
- Banbury – 28 minutes
- Oxford – 45 minutes
What tickets are available?
Council staff save money on commuting by train within the West Midlands and stations beyond with an annual season ticket loan.
- Travel across the West Midlands with an Annual Train Season Ticket (Zones 1 -5) for just £15.38/week if you buy an annual pass.
- If you are also travelling by bus or Metro you can buy an Annual Network Season Ticket (Zones 1 -5) - £20.86/week if you buy an annual pass.
- See the interactive map with zones. Coventry and Wolverhampton are in zone 5 and Birmingham City Centre is in zone 1.
Rail only tickets are available directly from stations for travel on the day. Find out how much you could save with a weekly, monthly or yearly rail season ticket.
Rail season tickets are available as part of the annual season ticket loan scheme for local stations towards Nuneaton, Birmingham International, Leamington, Rugby and stations outside the West Midlands.
If you need to catch a bus to the station ask if there's a PlusBus option which provides travel on buses in a zone around the station. This includes: Nuneaton, Leamington Spa, Rugby, Northampton and is available for one day or season tickets. Rail season tickets including PlusBus are available as part of the annual season ticket loan scheme too.