[2][3] Although the station was intended to serve the adjacent arena, it was announced in August 2015 that the station would be closed for one hour preceding and following football matches, rugby matches and concerts on safety grounds as there was insufficient rolling stock to run the services necessary for spectators:[4] while six-carriage trains could be chartered to run every half-an-hour during weekends, the fares generated would not cover the chartering cost.

However, a number of setbacks meant that construction did not begin until October 2014 with services projected to start in June 2015, although this was later pushed back several times.

[6][7] One train per hour calls in each direction Mondays to Saturdays throughout the day, with southbound trains continuing to Leamington Spa via Coventry and Kenilworth and northbound services running towards Nuneaton via Bedworth.

[8] In September 2015 it was revealed that Coventry City Council were looking into the possibility of using converted London Underground D78 Stock to run extra services on match days, although this did not happen.

[9] Media related to Coventry Arena railway station at Wikimedia Commons –