Wilmcote railway station
Wilmcote railway station serves the village of Wilmcote, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The station is run by West Midlands Trains. It is served by both West Midlands Trains and Chiltern Railways trains.
Wilmcote station. | |
Location | Wilmcote, Stratford-on-Avon England |
Grid reference | SP167582 |
Managed by | West Midlands Trains |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | WMC |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Opened | 1860 (rebuilt 1907) |
Passengers | |
2015/16 | 23,976 |
2016/17 | 23,366 |
2017/18 | 24,248 |
2018/19 | 22,552 |
2019/20 | 23,418 |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
History
The original single platform Wilmcote station opened in October 1860, on the Stratford-upon-Avon Railway's branch line from Hatton to Stratford.[1]
The station was rebuilt slightly south of the original with two platforms in 1907, when the Great Western Railway doubled and upgraded this part of the branch line to main line standards, in order to incorporate it into the North Warwickshire Line, which created a new main line route between Birmingham and Cheltenham Spa.[1]
Services
North Warwickshire Line |
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West Midlands Trains serve Wilmcote with hourly local trains between Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill via Whitlocks End.[2] Most northbound trains continue to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays/Saturdays and Worcester Foregate Street on Sundays.
Chiltern Railways also serves Wilmcote, with 10 trains per day each way between Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa; three of these are through services that continue to London Marylebone on weekdays only.[3]
References
- "Wilmcote Station". Wawickshire Railways. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- Table 115 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilmcote railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Wilmcote railway station from National Rail
- Historical photographs at www.warwickshirerailways.com
- Route of the North Warwickshire Line
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wilmcote station
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Bearley Limited Service |
West Midlands Railway Birmingham — Stratford via Solihull |
Stratford Parkway | ||
Wootton Wawen | West Midlands Railway Birmingham — Stratford-upon-Avon |
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Bearley | Chiltern Railways Leamington — Stratford-upon-Avon |
Stratford Parkway |