Warwick railway station

This article is about the station in England. For the station in Queensland, see Warwick railway station, Queensland. For the station in Western Australia, see Warwick railway station, Perth.

Warwick

Location
Place	Warwick
Local authority	District of Warwick
Coordinates	52°17′11″N 1°34′55″W / 52.2865°N 1.5819°W / 52.2865; -1.5819Coordinates: 52°17′11″N 1°34′55″W / 52.2865°N 1.5819°W / 52.2865; -1.5819
Grid reference	SP286654
Operations
Station code	WRW
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.357 million
2005/06	0.357 million
2006/07	0.366 million
2007/08	0.356 million
2008/09	0.489 million
2009/10	0.492 million
2010/11	0.503 million
2011/12	0.526 million
2012/13	0.522 million
2013/14	0.562 million
2014/15	0.555 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1852 (1852)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Warwick from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Warwick railway station serves the town of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. The station is served by Chiltern Railways (who manage the station), and also occasionally by London Midland and CrossCountry. It was opened in 1852 by the Great Western Railway. There are platform faces on the two tracks which serve the station and there is a crossover just north of the station. Warwick is also served by Warwick Parkway railway station.

Platforms and facilities

Platform one is on the level with the surrounding area whilst platform two is up a flight of steps. The two are connected by a lit underpass. Trains from Platform 1 go towards Birmingham/Stratford upon Avon whilst trains from Platform 2 go towards Leamington/London.

The station is equipped with real-time electronic information departure boards, A staffed ticket office is open for part of the day; there is also a self-service ticket machine located outside the station building, which is on the northbound platform. There is an indoor waiting room by Platform 1 and two outside waiting shelters, one on each platform. There is a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine on the northbound platform. In 2012 a cafe selling drinks and snacks opened on Platform 1.^[1] Although car parking is available at the station it is limited and there is a charge for it. A local taxi company called Castle Cabs shares the main station building with Chiltern Railways. The station is managed by Chiltern Railways.

Services

Most trains calling here are Chiltern Railways trains between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill (hourly) or Leamington Spa & either Stratford-upon-Avon or Birmingham Moor Street (both two-hourly). At peak times, these are augmented by a few London Midland services between Leamington Spa and Stourbridge Junction/Kidderminster or Worcester Shrub Hill.^[2] Chiltern also run a limited weekday peak through service between Marylebone & Kidderminster that stops here.

Gallery

Front of the station, taken from the main station approach
The main station building, taken from Platform 2
The waiting facilities on Platform 2

References

↑ The cafes food hygiene score on scoresonthedoors.org.uk
↑ Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Warwick railway station.

Train times and station information for Warwick railway station from National Rail
Photographs of Warwick railway station from Warwickshire Railways
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Warwick station

Preceding station		Following station
Warwick Parkway	Chiltern Railways London to Birmingham	Leamington Spa
	Chiltern Railways Chiltern Main Line fast services
	Chiltern Railways Leamington Spa to Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwick Parkway Limited Service	London Midland Leamington-Worcester	Leamington Spa Limited Service

Railway stations in Warwickshire

Open stations

Birmingham to Peterborough Line	Water Orton Coleshill Parkway Nuneaton

Chiltern Main Line	Lapworth Hatton Warwick Parkway Warwick Leamington Spa

Coventry to Leamington Line	Kenilworth (under construction) Leamington Spa

Coventry to Nuneaton Line	Bedworth Bermuda Park Nuneaton

Leamington to Stratford Line	Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Wilmcote Bearley Claverdon Hatton Warwick Parkway Warwick Leamington Spa

North Warwickshire Line	The Lakes Wood End Danzey Henley-in-Arden Wootton Wawen Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford-upon-Avon

West Coast Main Line	Polesworth Atherstone Nuneaton Rugby

Disused

Alcester to Bearley Line	Great Alne Aston Cantlow Halt

Birmingham to Peterborough Line	Whitacre Junction Shustoke Arley and Fillongley Arley Colliery Sidings Worker's Platform Stockingford Nuneaton (Abbey Street)

Chiltern Main Line	Southam Road and Harbury Fenny Compton

Coventry to Leamington Line	Kenilworth Warwick (Milverton) Leamington Spa (Avenue)

Coventry to Nuneaton Line	Chilvers Coton Hawkesbury Lane

Gloucester Loop Line	Studley and Ashwood Bank Coughton Alcester Wixford Broom Junction Salford Priors

Great Central Main Line	Rugby Central Braunston and Willoughby

Honeybourne Line	Evesham Road Crossing Halt Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse Platform Chambers Crossing Halt Milcote Long Marston

Marton Junction to Weedon Line	Southam and Long Itchington Napton and Stockton Flecknoe

Rugby to Leamington Line	Dunchurch Birdingbury Marton (Warwicks)

Stonebridge Railway	Whitacre Junction Maxstoke

Stratford and Moreton Tramway	Longdon Road Stretton-on-Fosse Shipston-on-Stour

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway	Broom Junction Bidford-on-Avon Binton Stratford-upon-Avon (Old Town) Ettington Kineton Burton Dassett North End Fenny Compton West

West Coast Main Line	Bulkington Shilton Brinklow Brandon and Wolston

Miscellaneous stations	Clifton Mill Kingsbury

Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways

Current	Acocks Green Amersham Aylesbury Aylesbury Vale Parkway Banbury Beaconsfield Bearley Bicester North Bicester Village Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham Snow Hill Blakedown Chalfont & Latimer Chorleywood Claverdon Cradley Heath Denham Denham Golf Club Dorridge Gerrards Cross Great Missenden Haddenham & Thame Parkway Hagley Harrow-on-the-Hill Hatton Heyford High Wycombe Islip Jewellery Quarter Kidderminster Kings Sutton Langley Green Lapworth Leamington Spa Little Kimble London Marylebone London Paddington Lye Monks Risborough Northolt Park Old Hill Olton Oxford Oxford Parkway Princes Risborough Rickmansworth Rowley Regis Saunderton Seer Green and Jordans Small Heath Smethwick Galton Bridge Solihull South Ruislip Stoke Mandeville Stourbridge Junction Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford-upon-Avon Sudbury & Harrow Road Sudbury Hill Harrow The Hawthorns Tackley Tyseley Warwick Warwick Parkway Wembley Stadium Wendover West Ruislip Widney Manor Wilmcote

Planned	Bletchley Milton Keynes Central Winslow

Rail transport in the United Kingdom

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