Wilmcote railway station
Wilmcote  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Wilmcote |
| Local authority | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Grid reference | SP167582 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WMC |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 | 14,294 |
| 2004/05 |
 16,777 |
| 2005/06 |
 16,505 |
| 2006/07 |
15,447 |
| 2007/08 |
13,869 |
| 2008/09 |
16,432 |
| 2009/10 |
16,218 |
| 2010/11 |
16,932 |
| 2011/12 |
20,984 |
| History | |
| Opened 1908 | |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wilmcote from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Wilmcote railway station serves the village of Wilmcote, about 4 miles (6.4 km) 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. It 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 | ||
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| Bearley Limited Service |
London Midland Birmingham — Stratford via Solihull |
Stratford Parkway | ||
| Wootton Wawen | London Midland Birmingham — Stratford-upon-Avon | |||
| Bearley | Chiltern Railways Leamington — Stratford-upon-Avon |
Stratford Parkway | ||
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilmcote railway station. |
- 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