General information | |||||
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Location | Lapworth, Warwick District England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°20′31″N1°43′33″W / 52.3420°N 1.7257°W | ||||
Grid reference | SP187716 | ||||
Managed by | Chiltern Railways | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | LPW | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1854 | Opened as Kingswood | ||||
1 May 1902 | Renamed Lapworth | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 84,716 | ||||
2020/21 | 20,520 | ||||
2021/22 | 51,444 | ||||
2022/23 | 77,008 | ||||
2023/24 | 92,736 | ||||
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Lapworth railway station serves the village of Kingswood,Warwickshire,near the village of Lapworth from which it takes its name.
The station has two platforms connected by a footbridge. Chiltern Railways,who manage the station,provide services on its London/Leamington/Birmingham/Stourbridge route. West Midlands Trains also serve the station,with trains to Worcester,via Kidderminster and Birmingham,and to Stratford using the Snow Hill lines.
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854. [1] It was known as Kingswood until 1 May 1902 when the name was changed to Lapworth [2] to avoid confusion with the station of the same name in Surrey. From 1894,Lapworth was the starting point of a short lived branch line to Henley-in-Arden. The branch was closed as an economy measure during the First World War in 1915 to passengers [3] and to freight in 1917, [4] it never reopened after WW 1. [5]
A footbridge spans the remaining two tracks,and continues to the west of the northbound platform spanning where quadruple tracks once existed. For a brief period prior to the lifting of the quadruple tracks there was a DMU service along what had been the GWR's Paddington - Birkenhead main line. It plied between Wellington (Shropshire) and Lapworth stopping at all the intermediate stations and linking them with Wolverhampton Low Level and Birmingham Snow Hill.
The goods sidings and 2 of the 4 platforms were removed in the 1960s and 1970s respectively due to falling usage. [6]
The station is unstaffed;ticketing is restricted to a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine located at the main entrance to the station (off Station Lane) at the north end of the London-bound (southbound) platform. The station can also be accessed via a footpath from Mill Lane.
On weekdays,the station is served by both Chiltern Railways and West Midlands Trains.
The typical service pattern is as follows:
West Midlands Railway:
Some West Midlands Railway services run instead to Leamington Spa or towards Worcester Shrub Hill.
Most services on this route run non-stop to Stratford Parkway,although some peak time services call additionally at Claverdon and Bearley. [9]
Chiltern Railways:
Some Chiltern Railways services to/from London Marylebone call at Lapworth,as of December 2023 there are two northbound and one southbound such services,all in the evening.
On Saturdays,the station is served by both Chiltern Railways and West Midlands Trains.
The typical service pattern is as follows:
West Midlands Railway:
Chiltern Railways:
On Sundays,only Chiltern Railways serves the station.
The typical service pattern is as follows:
There is no West Midlands Railway service on Sundays.
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Dorridge | West Midlands Railway Worcester-Kidderminster-Birmingham-Solihull-Stratford | Claverdon or Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway | ||
Dorridge | West Midlands Railway Worcester-Kidderminster-Birmingham-Leamington Spa Limited Service | Hatton | ||
Chiltern Railways London-Leamington-Birmingham | ||||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | Great Western Railway Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway | Henley-in-Arden Line closed, station open |