New Coventry railway station opening delayed

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It was all set to open today, Sunday December 19



The opening of Coventry's brand new railway station has been delayed until the New Year.

The building, which cost more than £80m, was all set to open today, December 19.

But Coventry City Council have said " minor finishing elements" need to be completed by the building contractor before it is handed to them for opening.

Coventry City Council said design and build contractor Buckingham Group Contracting Limited (Buckingham) has completed all of the build work and is now in the final stages of ensuring that the building is ready to be passed to the council.

Marc Riley of Buckingham said:“The station has been a really interesting, significant, and exciting project to work on. It is a really important project for Buckingham and one that we are proud to be involved with.

"The design and construction of the station has been undertaken during the extremely challenge times, and complex issues, associated with the global pandemic including, supply chain disruption and workforce availability.

“Ideally the station would have been opened this side of Christmas, but with minor finishing elements now confirmed we now plan to hand the new building over in early 2022.”

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New Coventry rail station opening delayed due to leak



The opening of Coventry's brand new rail station building has been delayed as building contractors work to fix a leak.

Councillor Jim O'Boyle CoventryLive today excavations (pictured) are taking place to repair the leak, but as soon as that is fixed, the building will be handed over to rail operator Avanti for opening.

Mr O'Boyle said until those repairs are made there is "no firm or fixed date" for the opening.

The £80m station building was due to open on December 19, but at the time, Coventry City Council said "minor finishing elements" needed to be completed by the building contractor.

Opening was then delayed until the New Year, but so far no date has been provided, as they work to complete the building.

Cllr O'Boyle added: "What happens is as the accountable body we accept as the local authority it is Avanti who will run the station. Quite understandably there's no way we can accept the building until all the relevant things are in place for it to be workable building.

"A scheme of this size, it's irritating but understandable."

He added: "I'm confident it will be done as soon as possible.

"We wouldn't accept a building that isn't ready for complete opening."

The new station building will serve as an addition to, rather than a replacement, for the existing railway station.

It has been created to bring Coventry’s railway services - and the passenger experience in particular - in line with 21st century standards.

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O'Boyle,... "A scheme of this size, it's irritating but understandable."

Absolute rot, O'Boyle is not only talking out of his ar$e but making excuses. I can only wonder why!