Wilmcote railway station

Wilmcote National Rail
Location
Place Wilmcote
Local authority Stratford-on-Avon
Grid reference SP167582
Operations
Station code WMC
Managed by West Midlands Trains
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 19,478
2013/14 Increase 20,538
2014/15 Increase 21,364
2015/16 Increase 23,976
2016/17 Decrease 23,366
History
Key dates Opened 1860 (1860)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wilmcote from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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.

History

The original single platform Wilmcote station, had opened in October 1860, on the Stratford-upon-Avon Railway's Hatton to Stratford branch line.[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, as part of the inauguration of its North Warwickshire Line, which created a new main line route between Birmingham and Cheltenham Spa.[1]

Services

West Midlands Trains serve Wilmcote with hourly local trains between Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill via Shirley.[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

  1. 1 2 "Wilmcote Station". Wawickshire Railways. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  3. ↑ Table 115 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bearley
Limited Service		   West Midlands Railway
Birmingham — Stratford via Solihull		   Stratford Parkway
Wootton Wawen   West Midlands Railway
Birmingham — Stratford-upon-Avon		  
Bearley   Chiltern Railways
Leamington — Stratford-upon-Avon		   Stratford Parkway

Coordinates: 52°13′21″N 1°45′21″W / 52.2226°N 1.7559°W / 52.2226; -1.7559


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