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<p>West Midlands Trains will be introducing a through-service from Nuneaton to Leamington
via Coventry and Kenilworth, from May of this year. These will be operated by the
class 172 units that are newer and provide more capacity than the existing class 153
that operates on that route.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the upgrades to the Nuneaton
to Leamington Spa route (known as the “NUCKLE” project), two new stations at Bermuda
Park and Ricoh Arena have already been built and are open. The next phase, being taken
forward by Coventry City Council, will see a bay platform at Coventry Station constructed
as part of the wider station masterplan. This will allow two trains per hour to run
between Coventry and Nuneaton. DfT is contributing £5m towards the cost of the bay
platform, with the balance from local sources.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Midlands
Rail Hub business case, Midlands Connect are working with the Department and local
partners to update the business case for enhancing capacity between Leamington and
Coventry through the partial re-doubling of the line. The Department expects the business
case to be presented in Summer 2019.</p>
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