Water Orton railway station
- Water Orton railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Water Orton
caption = Friday, 21 January, 2005
code = WTO
manager = London Midland
locale = Water Orton
borough = North Warwickshire
platforms = 2
latitude = 52.518611
longitude = -1.743889
lowusage0405 = 27,279
lowusage0506 = 35,264
lowusage0607 = 39,324
years = 1908
events = Opened
Water Orton railway station serves Water Orton in Warwickshire, near Birmingham, England. It is owned by Network Rail, and managed by London Midland. However, no London Midland trains stop there; it is only served by CrossCountry services.
History
It was first opened in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its line into Birmingham Lawley Street from Whitacre Junction.
However the Midland Railway built a cutoff line from slightly further west to a junction at Kingsbury in 1909 and the station was resited [Pixton, B., (2005) "Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route," Runpast Publishing] . Although the distance saved was only a mile-and-a-quarter, The junctions at Water Orton and Kingsbury could be taken at a much higher speed than the original one at Whitacre.
Services
Platform 1 is used for trains to Leicester, London and Birmingham.Platform 2 is used for trains to Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield.
References
External links
* [http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/waterorton.htm Water Orton station] at warwickshirerailways.com
* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/water_orton.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Water Orton railway station]
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