Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station

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Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway
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Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway in 2020
General information
Location Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon
England
Grid reference SP183566
Managed by West Midlands Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSTY
History
Opened19 May 2013
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 107,638
North Warwickshire Line
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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 logo.svg National Rail Following station
Wilmcote   West Midlands Railway
Worcester-Kidderminster - Birmingham–Stratford-upon-Avon
  Stratford-upon-Avon
  Chiltern Railways
Leamington Spa-Stratford-upon-Avon
 

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