Bid for new Coventry and Nuneaton rail link submitted

A bid for £15.8m funding for a proposed new rail link between Coventry and Nuneaton has been sent to the Department for Transport (DfT).

The proposal includes a new station at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton, a new bay platform at Coventry station and a longer platform at Bedworth.

On match or major event days trains could go between Coventry and the Ricoh Arena every 15 minutes.

Coventry City Council is aiming to have final approval by early 2012.

The authority said it would continue to work with its partners to add more detail after receiving approval for this outline bid.

It added the final detailed bid would then be submitted to the DfT again for full funding approval, aiming for a final approval in late 2011 or early 2012.