Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway
Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway in 2020
General information
Location	Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon England
Grid reference	SP183566
Managed by	West Midlands Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	STY
History
Opened	19 May 2013
Passengers
2020/21	13,696

v t e North Warwickshire Line
Legend
Birmingham–Worcester line Birmingham Snow Hill Snow Hill Tunnel Rugby–Birmingham– Stafford Line Birmingham Moor Street Bordesley A4540 road Grand Union Canal Camp Hill line Small Heath Grand Union Canal Tyseley TMD Tyseley Tyseley Junction Chiltern Main Line Spring Road Hall Green Yardley Wood Shirley Stratford Canal Whitlocks End Wythall Earlswood limit of TfWM area The Lakes M42 motorway Wood End Danzey to Chiltern Main Line Henley-in-Arden Wootton Wawen River Alne Alcester–Hatton branch line Edstone Aqueduct Bearley Junction Leamington–Stratford line Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford Canal Stratford-upon-Avon   Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway   Honeybourne Line to Honeybourne

West Midlands Railway

2 trains per hour run westbound to Kidderminster via Birmingham Snow Hill, Smethwick Galton Bridge and Stourbridge Junction, with one service running via Earlswood and Shirley on the North Warwickshire Line before terminating at Kidderminster. The other service runs via Dorridge and Solihull on its way to Worcester Foregate Street via Droitwich Spa. ^{[8] [9]}

2tph run southbound to Stratford-upon-Avon only.

Some trains, mainly evening services, call at Worcester Shrub Hill. Some early morning and late night services start/terminate at Stourbridge Junction, Birmingham Snow Hill or Birmingham Moor Street.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Worcester Foregate Street via Birmingham Snow Hill and Kidderminster northbound and to Stratford-upon-Avon southbound. All services run via Earlswood and Shirley. Early morning services start at Birmingham Snow Hill. Some services start/terminate or call at Worcester Shrub Hill instead or in addition to Worcester Foregate Street. Sunday services run only between 09:00 and 19:30.

Journeys to stations via Dorridge and Solihull can be made using Chiltern Railways services by changing at Hatton or Warwick.

A more expensive ticket is also available which allows travel via Tyseley.^{[ citation needed ]}

Chiltern Railways

Stratford-upon-Avon is also served by approximately one train every 2 hours, to Leamington Spa via Hatton and Warwick along the Leamington-Stratford line and to Stratford-upon-Avon. On weekdays, during the afternoon peak, in order to run additional services some trains start/terminate at Hatton or Warwick where connections are available for Leamington Spa and onwards to London Marylebone. Some services extend to Banbury or London Marylebone. In the hour which the direct service does not run, on Monday-Saturday, connections to Hatton, Warwick and Leamington Spa can be made using West Midlands Railway services and changing at Dorridge for onwards Chiltern Railways services. Some Chiltern Railways services do not call here and run non stop between Stratford-upon-Avon and Hatton or Warwick.

Sunday services only run from 09:40 with the final departure at 20:40.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wilmcote		West Midlands Railway Worcester-Kidderminster - Birmingham–Stratford-upon-Avon		Stratford-upon-Avon
		Chiltern Railways Leamington Spa-Stratford-upon-Avon

References

1. "Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway". Warwickshire County Council.
2. "Stratford Parkway Station". Warwickshire County Council. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
3. "Stratford Parkway set to open seven months early". Rail.co. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
4. "Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway station building work starts". BBC News. 17 October 2012.
5. "£5 million grant for new Stratford Rail Station". Coventry Telegraph . Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
6. "Parkway station on track after new funding". Stratford Observer. Bullivant Media. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
7. "Stratford Parkway agreement reached". Warwickshire County Council. 25 June 2012.
8. "Train timetables and schedules | Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway". West Midlands Railway.
9. "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.

External links

• Train times and station information for Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station from National Rail

52°12′26″N1°43′51″W / 52.2072°N 1.7309°W / 52.2072; -1.7309