Atherstone railway station

Atherstone
Location
Place Atherstone
Local authority North Warwickshire
Operations
Station code ATH
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 1,658
2005/06 * 1,425
2006/07 * 3,162
2007/08 * 4,757
2008/09 * 10,948
2009/10 * 40,006
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Atherstone from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Atherstone railway station serves the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire.

It is located on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, exactly 102 miles from London Euston station, as a placard on an adjacent building announces. The station is conveniently located near the A5.

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History

The station was opened by the London and North Western Railway, and was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

In 1860 it was the site of a rail accident in which 10 people died.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by the Regional Railways Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways. There was a threat to the Livock designed station building in the early 1980s, but thanks to the efforts of local group The Railway and Steam Traction Society demolition plans were put on hold. Eventually the building was fully restored by 1985, with Donald Willets using it as offices.

Services

Atherstone is served by the hourly London Midland Trent Valley semi-fast working between London Euston and Crewe via Northampton and Stafford. This service does not operate on Monday to Saturday evenings and operates at a reduced frequency of five trains per day each way on Sundays.

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References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
  • Station on navigable O.S. map
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Nuneaton   London Midland
London - Crewe		   Tamworth or Polesworth