Tile Hill railway station
Tile Hill railway station is situated in the west of Tile Hill, Coventry, in the West Midlands of England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway. History. The station was opened in 1850, and was originally known as "Allesley Lane", in 1857 it was renamed "Allesley Gate", it assumed its current name of "Tile Hill" in 1864. The station was located at a point where the railway crossed the road on a level crossing. It originally had staggered platforms, with one platform on one side of the level crossing, and  the other on the other side. The station was completely rebuilt when the line was electrified in the 1960s in its present more conventional form. The level crossing adjacent to the station lasted until 2004, when a large bridge was built to carry road traffic over the railway and a footbridge built to connect the station platforms. Level crossings at the Berkswell railway station and the Canley railway station have also been removed to upgrade the line to carry more high speed trains. In 2009 the railway platform was extended, almost doubling the size. This was also the case for  a number of smaller stations on this route. Historically this has been a busy railway station used by many local and non-local residents, however, recently after the sale of the overflow carpark to developers there continues to be substantial parking issues at the station and in and around the neighbouring roads. Facilities. The station has a ticket office located on platform 1 which is open Monday 06:00–19:00, Tuesday-Thursday 07:00–19:00, Friday 07:00–20:00, Saturday 08:00–19:00 and Sunday 08:30–14:00. When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket  machine outside the ticket office which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train. Services. Tile Hill is served by two trains per hour each way, to northbound and to via southbound. Some services to/from are split at with one service running between and and another between and . On Sundays, the service is hourly during the morning with 2 trains per hour running through the afternoon. All services are operated by West Midlands Trains. Most services are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand but some services (mainly early  morning and late night services which start/terminate at ) operate under the West Midlands Railway brand.