| Lapworth | |
| Lapworth | |
| Lapworth station platforms. | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Lapworth |
| Local authority | Warwick |
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| Grid reference | Template:Gbmapscaled |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LPW |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | increase 17,607 |
| 2005/06 * | increase 18,960 |
| 2006/07 * | increase 20,460 |
| 2007/08 * | decrease 19,918 |
| 2008/09 * | increase 34,366 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1854 | Opened as Kingswood |
| 1 May 1902 | Renamed Lapworth |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lapworth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
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Lapworth railway station serves the village of Kingswood, Warwickshire, 1½ miles (2½ km) from the village of Lapworth from which it takes its name. It has two platforms connected by a footbridge. Most trains are those provided by Chiltern on its London Marylebone/Leamington Spa/Birmingham Snow Hill/Kidderminster route, but these are augmented by a few London Midland services.
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854.[1] It was known as Kingswood until 1 May 1902 when the name was changed to Lapworth[2] to avoid confusion with the station of the same name in Surrey. From 1894, Lapworth was the starting point of a short lived branch line to Henley-in-Arden. The branch was closed as an economy measure during the First World War in 1915.[3]
A footbridge spans the remaining two tracks, and continues to the west of the northbound platform spanning where quadruple tracks once existed. For a brief period prior to the lifting of the quadruple tracks there was a DMU service along what had been the GWR's Paddington - Birkenhead main line. It plied between Wellington (Shropshire) and Lapworth stopping at all the intermediate stations and linking them with Wolverhampton Low Level and Birmingham Snow Hill.
The station is unstaffed; ticketing is restricted to a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine located at the main entrance to the station (off Station Lane) at the north end of the London-bound (southbound) platform. The station can also be accessed via a footpath from Mill Lane.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorridge | London Midland Worcester - Leamington Spa |
Hatton Limited Service | ||
| London Midland Birmingham — Stratford via Solihull |
Claverdon Limited Service | |||
| Dorridge | Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham |
Hatton
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| Terminus | Great Western Railway Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway |
Henley-in-Arden Line closed, station open | ||
References[]
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 135. R508. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
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- ↑ Henley-in-Arden - Original Station. Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved on 25 Oct 2013.
External links[]
- Train times and station information for Lapworth railway station from National Rail
- Historical photographs of Lapworth station at warwickshirerailways.com
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Lapworth station
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