Stratford-upon-Avon railway station

Stratford-upon-Avon railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The station is operated by London Midland. Train services are provided by London Midland and Chiltern Railways.

Stratford-upon-Avon was once a through station on the Great Western Railway main line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Cheltenham, but has been the terminus of the line since 1976.

Two railway lines terminate at Stratford; the Birmingham-Stratford Line and the Leamington-Stratford Line, which allows direct services to London.

A new Stratford Parkway railway station north of the town, next to the A46 road was opened on 19 May 2013. It is intended to ease congestion, as passengers from outside Stratford will no longer need to drive into the town to catch a train. Rail services between Birmingham and Stratford will be increased from hourly to half hourly in conjunction with the opening of the new parkway station.

Services
The typical off-peak service is as follows:


 * 1 train per hour to Birmingham Snow Hill, continuing to Stourbridge Junction, with a few trains continuing to Worcester Shrub Hill, Worcester Foregate Street or - operated by London Midland
 * 1 train per two hours to Leamington Spa via Warwick, most of which continue semi-fast to London Marylebone - operated by Chiltern Railways

A steam service to Birmingham operated by Vintage Trains operates on summer Sundays.

Former services


Thames Trains used to run a peak hour service between London Paddington and Stratford-upon-Avon via Ealing Broadway, Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Hatton and Wilmcote. A few trains called at Bearley and Claverdon on weekdays. When First Great Western took over the franchise these services were withdrawn beyond Banbury, and were replaced with a shuttle between Leamington Spa and Stratford via, Warwick and Hatton. In 2004 Chiltern Railways took over this service.