Wilnecote railway station

Wilnecote National Rail
Location
Place Wilnecote
Local authority Tamworth
Grid reference SK217014
Operations
Station code WNE
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 Increase 73,484
2013/14 Increase 90,858
2014/15 Decrease 89,102
2015/16 Increase 102,584
2016/17 Increase 111,610
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wilnecote from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wilnecote railway station is a small unmanned station serving Wilnecote 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Tamworth town centre in Staffordshire, England. The station is situated beneath a bridge which carries the former A5 Watling Street.

It was opened in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway as Wilnecote and Fazeley, the name being shortened in 1904.[1]

Services

Wilnecote is served by the hourly CrossCountry service between Birmingham New Street and Nottingham with the majority of the Northbound services coming from Cardiff Central.[2] West Midlands Trains manage the station but do not provide any train services there.

References

  1. Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
  2. Table 57 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
CrossCountry

Coordinates: 52°36′40″N 1°40′44″W / 52.611°N 1.679°W / 52.611; -1.679


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