Birmingham to Stratford Line

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Birmingham to Stratford Line

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The Birmingham to Stratford Line is a commuter railway line predominantly in the West Midlands region of England. It runs from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, now the southern terminus of the line, although the line originally continued to Cheltenham as part of the Great Western Railway route from Birmingham to Bristol. Services on the line are currently operated by Central Trains.

The cities, towns and villages served by the line are listed below.

• Birmingham
• Bordesley
• Small Heath
• Tyseley
• Spring Road
• Hall Green
• Yardley Wood
• Shirley
• Whitlocks End
• Wythall
• Earlswood
• Earlswood Lakes
• Wood End
• Danzey
• Henley-in-Arden
• Wootton Wawen
• Wilmcote
• Stratford-upon-Avon

Current daytime service levels between Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham are one train per hour, and a further 2 trains per hour between Shirley and Birmingham, meaning a 3 trains per hour service exists between Shirley and Birmingham. On summer Sundays, a steam service operates between Birmingham and Stratford - see Birmingham Railway Museum.

edit Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:	Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line  Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line   Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line    Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line   Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line    London-Aylesbury Line   Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:	Birmingham-Walsall-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line    Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Erewash Valley Line  Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line   Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line    Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line   Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line    Walsall-Wolverhampton Line
Rural lines:	Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line    Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line    Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line
Freight lines:	South Staffordshire Line   Sutton Park Line