- Wilmcote railway station
UK stations
name = Wilmcote
manager =London Midland
locale =Wilmcote
borough = Stratford-on-Avon
code = WMC
lowusage0506=16,505
platforms = 2
start = 1908Wilmcote
railway station serves the village ofWilmcote , about 4 miles north-north-west ofStratford-upon-Avon inWarwickshire ,England .The present two-platform station was opened in 1908, at the same time as the inauguration of the North Warwickshire Line, the
Great Western Railway 's new mainline route fromBirmingham toCheltenham Spa . This replaced an earlier station which had been in existence since 1860, on the Stratford-upon-Avon Railway Company's branch line fromHatton on the GWROxford to Birmingham route.Today, the station, which is managed by
London Midland , is served by hourly local trains between Stratford and Birmingham, operated by London Midland, andChiltern Railways services (up to 10 a day each way) between Stratford andLeamington Spa , most of which are through services to and fromLondon Marylebone .External links
* [http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/wilmcote.htm Historical photographs at www.warwickshirerailways.com]
* [http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/northwarwickshire.htm Route of the North Warwickshire Line]
* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/wilmcote.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wilmcote station]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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