| Wilmcote | |
| Wilmcote | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Wilmcote |
| Local authority | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Grid reference | Template:Gbmapscaled |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WMC |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | Template:Spaces 14,294 |
| 2004/05 * | increase 16,777 |
| 2005/06 * | decrease 16,505 |
| 2006/07 * | decrease 15,447 |
| 2007/08 * | decrease 13,869 |
| 2008/09 * | increase 16,432 |
| History | |
| Opened 1908 | |
| 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 Wilmcote from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
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Wilmcote railway station serves the village of Wilmcote, about Template:Convert/mi north of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The station is run by London Midland. It s served by both London Midland and Chiltern Railways trains.
History[]
The Great Western Railway opened the present two-platform station in 1908, at the same time as the inauguration of its North Warwickshire Line, which created a new main line route between Birmingham and Cheltenham Spa. In replaced an earlier station that had existed since 1860 on the Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Company's line from Hatton on the Great Western's Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway.
Services[]
London Midland serves Wilmcote with hourly local trains between Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill. Chiltern Railways serves Wilmcote with to 10 trains per day each way between Stratford-upon-Avon and Leamington Spa, most of which are through services that continue to London Marylebone.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearley Limited Service |
London Midland Birmingham — Stratford via Solihull |
Stratford Parkway | ||
| Wootton Wawen | London Midland Birmingham — Stratford-upon-Avon |
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| Bearley | Chiltern Railways Leamington — Stratford-upon-Avon |
Stratford Parkway | ||
External links[]
- 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
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Coordinates: 52°13′21″N 1°45′21″W / 52.2226°N 1.7559°W
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