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Lex
15-12-2013, 08:44 AM
Kenilworth will only get a very local service to start with, but it's a start!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-25349943

Lex
08-10-2014, 07:46 PM
A test of timings was conducted over the weekend: http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/blog/2014/10/08/test-train-checks-timings-are-on-track-for-kenilworth-rail-station/

Lex
21-10-2014, 07:06 PM
An exhibition will be held later this week: http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/blog/2014/10/20/kenilworth-rail-station-public-exhibition-opens-on-thursday/

cathidaw
22-10-2014, 07:00 PM
This thread was in 2012.
Did Kenilworth ever get a station/

cathidaw
23-10-2014, 05:21 PM
ALSO THE RICHO ARENA DESPERATELY NEEDS A STATION. The roads are chokka and miserable on match days. On and off plans have been mooted since it was built. Last time I heard- some bright spark had come up with a new idea. 'How about a station for the Arena'.What planet are they on? The railway is just over the road too.Unless - since I last went by a few weeks ago, a new housing estate has sprung up on the spare land.
It was more interesting when the gypsies were there.(I shall always regret not taking a photo of that stretch of sofas along the A444 when they were evicted.)

rebbonk
23-10-2014, 06:02 PM
The Ricoh station is under-way: and certainly not before time!

Now, the mention of gypsies... There were two traveller vans there last week at the back of the complex. I noticed they'd gone this week though, but there was no noticeable debris left behind.

Lex
21-11-2014, 09:40 PM
Given the other choice, I'd have gone for the more traditional design too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-30150778

Lex
05-02-2015, 09:44 PM
Another step closer!
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/kenilworth-train-station-plans-track-8583646

Lex
23-02-2015, 06:54 PM
The station's the latest place to hear the footsteps following the election trail: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/kenilworth-train-station-construction-on-8702232

rebbonk
23-02-2015, 10:11 PM
Jumping on a bandwagon built by the efforts of others.

Lex
24-02-2015, 06:13 PM
That's basically what it's about!

Lex
01-06-2015, 07:29 PM
An interesting bit of history about the site: http://www.warwickcourier.co.uk/news/nostalgia/kenilworth-rail-station-site-has-had-many-uses-1-6751467

rebbonk
01-06-2015, 07:34 PM
That was an interesting read Lex, thanks.

Talking stations, it would appear that the Ricoh station is almost ready to open.

Lex
03-06-2015, 11:02 PM
ALSO THE RICHO ARENA DESPERATELY NEEDS A STATION. The roads are chokka and miserable on match days. On and off plans have been mooted since it was built. Last time I heard- some bright spark had come up with a new idea. 'How about a station for the Arena'.What planet are they on? The railway is just over the road too.Unless - since I last went by a few weeks ago, a new housing estate has sprung up on the spare land.
It was more interesting when the gypsies were there.(I shall always regret not taking a photo of that stretch of sofas along the A444 when they were evicted.)

Looks like we'll have to wait a few weeks longer: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/delayed-ricoh-arena-railway-station-9384611

rebbonk
03-06-2015, 11:59 PM
We've waited this long, a few more weeks won't matter much.

Lex
27-06-2015, 08:41 AM
Looks like Kenilworth may not be getting its station at all, at least in the near future: http://www.warwickcourier.co.uk/news/local-news/future-of-kenilworth-station-unknown-in-government-miscalculations-1-6819823

rebbonk
27-06-2015, 10:41 AM
Yet we are still going ahead with the vanity HS2 project!

Lex
15-01-2016, 09:27 PM
Bedworth's station's opening is imminent: http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/aboard-Muda-station/story-28530037-detail/story.html

rebbonk
15-01-2016, 10:07 PM
So is Coventry's, but it's not going to get much use!

Lex
15-01-2016, 10:28 PM
No, it won't even be able with Coventry City's attendance.

Lex
12-02-2016, 09:36 PM
An interesting development: http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/Match-services-trial-announced/story-28717702-detail/story.html

rebbonk
12-02-2016, 09:46 PM
So Coventry Councillors spend a small fortune travelling around to find rolling stock, yet it was there in plain sight all the time!

Lex
12-05-2016, 10:29 PM
Work on Kenilworth's station is due to start very soon: http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/blog/2016/05/12/construction-contract-for-kenilworth-rail-station-awarded/

Lex
29-07-2016, 03:07 PM
Work's finally begun: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/local-news/work-on-kenilworth-station-officially-begun-1-7501106

rebbonk
30-07-2016, 08:50 AM
Work's finally begun: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/local-news/work-on-kenilworth-station-officially-begun-1-7501106

I could make so many rude remarks about that picture and article. :)

But yes, it's good that things are happening. I just hope it doesn't turn into the white elephant that the Ricoh station has turned into.

Lex
01-11-2016, 06:04 PM
Work's well underway http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/steady-progress-on-kenilworth-station-1-7656307

Lex
03-01-2017, 07:28 PM
Oops: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/rail-campaigner-fears-kenilworth-train-12398245

rebbonk
03-01-2017, 09:42 PM
I don't think it'll be the end of it, but it'll lead to a lot more head scratching.

Lex
05-01-2017, 10:00 PM
Another delay to the station's opening: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/transport/kenilworth-station-opening-delayed-until-december-2017-due-to-signalling-problems-1-7759014

Lex
12-06-2017, 06:55 PM
The inevitable budget overspend: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/kenilworth-station-costs-likely-to-go-up-by-373-000-1-8004350

Lex
05-09-2017, 05:42 PM
Another bit completed: http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/bridge-and-lift-shafts-installed-at-kenilworth-station-1-8136337

Lex
04-12-2017, 05:52 PM
More delays :rolleyes: : https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/kenilworth-station-s-opening-delayed-until-february-next-year-1-8275045

rebbonk
04-12-2017, 07:34 PM
Anyone really surprised?

Lex
04-12-2017, 07:41 PM
Nah.

Finebyme
07-12-2017, 06:44 PM
I wonder if the train will stop at Warwick when it is up and running in February .
Incidentally, Trump is scheduled to visit the UK in February next year. I hope there wont be any rent a mob chanting silly slogans.

Lex
07-12-2017, 07:21 PM
I imagine there will, and, for once, I feel like joining them!

Lex
13-04-2018, 10:39 PM
All that's needed now is WCC to pull their heads out their backsides and get the station open: https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/top-official-of-rail-regulator-authorises-kenilworth-station-1-8457425

Lex
21-04-2018, 12:14 PM
Finally! An opening date: https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/opening-date-for-kenilworth-station-announced-1-8470085

Lex
14-06-2018, 06:32 PM
Good to see that there are already plans to expand the train service: https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/sunday-service-at-kenilworth-station-could-start-in-december-after-application-made-1-8534029

Lex
19-06-2018, 07:54 PM
Oh for crying out loud!

https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/trains-to-and-from-kenilworth-suspended-until-further-notice-1-8539288

Lex
17-03-2021, 06:37 PM
Looks like the station's going to be closed for most of the year: https://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/transport/kenilworth-could-be-without-a-train-service-for-most-of-this-year-as-rail-bosses-struggle-to-find-enough-trained-drivers-3169625

rebbonk
17-03-2021, 08:58 PM
As I said in another thread, pure incompetence. - And there's a lot of it about!