least the end of January 2022. This followed their failure in early 2021 to maintain a service. The line today Today, most of the line is single track which limits the number of services using it. What remains of double track includes a passing loop at Kenilworth, along with the lines out from Coventry and Leamington Spa to Gibbet Hill Junction and Milverton respectively. , the line is used by the hourly West Midlands Trains service between Nuneaton and Leamington, which calls at Coventry and Kenilworth, and the hourly CrossCountry service from to , which calls at Coventry and Leamington only. It is also regularly used by freight trains; these are mostly container trains, operated by Freightliner from the Port of Southampton to the Midlands or North of England via Coventry and . In 2009, thirty such trains used the line daily. Proposed development In July 2019 Warwickshire County Council put forward proposals for six new stations in the county, one of these would be a new station on the Coventry–Leamington line, in between Coventry and Kenilworth which would serve south Coventry and the University of Warwick. If the plans go ahead this would happen between 2026 and 2033. In April 2022, the bridge over Rugby Road in Leamington Spa will be replaced. The current bridge has a 20 mph speed limit due to its poor condition. See also Coventry to Nuneaton line Leamington to Rugby line Weedon-Leamington line Coat of Arms Bridge References Railway lines in the West Midlands (region) Railway lines opened in 1844 1844 establishments in England Kenilworth Leamington Spa Rail transport in Coventry