Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway is a parkway railway station on the northern outskirts of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It is on the North Warwickshire Line, next to the A46 road. The station is served by West Midlands Trains and Chiltern Railways.

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway
Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway in 2020
LocationBishopton,
Stratford, Stratford-on-Avon
England
Grid referenceSP183566
Managed byWest Midlands Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSTY
History
Opened19 May 2013
Passengers
2015/16 83,228
2016/17 81,043
2017/18 92,782
2018/19 107,638
2019/20 110,176
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station uses the Park and Ride facilities at Bishopton, whose car park has spaces for 725 vehicles, thus saving passengers from driving into central Stratford to get the train from the main Stratford-upon-Avon railway station. It has two platforms on the double-track line. Each platform is 502 feet (153 m) long with another 16-foot (5 m) stopping allowance to accommodate trains with up to six 80-foot (24.5 m) coaches. The platforms are linked by a DDA-compliant footbridge with ramps.[1]

History

The station was opened on 19 May 2013.[2][3][4] It had been planned to open in December 2013,[5] but was completed seven months ahead of schedule.[6] Construction work started on 17 October 2012.[4]

The station was projected to cost £8.8 million. In July 2011 the Department for Transport agreed to contribute £5 million from its Local Sustainable Transport Fund.[7] In September 2011 Warwickshire County Council agreed to contribute £1.8 million.[8] In January 2012 Warwickshire County Council announced that Mott MacDonald had been appointed to produce the GRIP 4 outline design of the parkway station by early summer 2012.[9]

Services

North Warwickshire Line
Birmingham Snow Hill
Birmingham Moor Street
Bordesley
Small Heath
Tyseley TMD
Tyseley
Tyseley Junction
Spring Road
Hall Green
Yardley Wood
Shirley
Whitlocks End
Wythall
Earlswood
limit of TfWM area
The Lakes
Wood End
Danzey
Henley-in-Arden
Wootton Wawen
Bearley Junction
Leamington–Stratford line
Wilmcote
Stratford-upon-Avon
Parkway
Stratford-upon-Avon

West Midlands Trains run services southbound to Stratford-upon-Avon, and northbound to Birmingham Snow Hill, one running via Whitlocks End and the other via Solihull. Most of these services continue to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays, and Worcester Foregate Street or Great Malvern on weekends. There are no services to Birmingham Snow Hill via Solihull on Sundays, and on weekdays at night only the last service of the day stops at Solihull, with all other services running via Whitlocks End.

Chiltern Railways run services to London Marylebone via Leamington Spa, although no services continue to London Marylebone outside off-peak hours; instead, they terminate at Warwick or Banbury. There no services which continue to London Marylebone on weekends.

References

  1. "Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway". Warwickshire County Council.
  2. "West Midlands Rail vision: Rail Development Strategy" (PDF). Network West Midlands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
  3. "Stratford Parkway Station Executive Summary" (PDF). Warwickshire County Council. January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2012.
  4. "Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway station building work starts". BBC News. 17 October 2012.
  5. "Stratford Parkway Station". Warwickshire County Council. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  6. "Stratford Parkway set to open seven months early". Rail.co. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  7. "£5 million grant for new Stratford Rail Station". Coventry Telegraph. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  8. "Parkway station on track after new funding". Stratford Observer. Bullivant Media. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  9. "Stratford Parkway agreement reached". Warwickshire County Council. 25 June 2012.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Wilmcote   West Midlands Railway
North Warwickshire Line
  Stratford-upon-Avon
Wilmcote   Chiltern Railways
Leamington – Stratford upon Avon
  Stratford-upon-Avon

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