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
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections 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
2012/13	19,478
2013/14	20,538
2014/15	21,364
History
Key dates	Opened 1908 (1908)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wilmcote from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 is 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, half of which are through services that continue to London Marylebone.

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

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
Bearley		Chiltern Railways Leamington — Stratford-upon-Avon		Stratford Parkway