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The Leamington–Stratford line is a railway line linking Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It follows the Chiltern Main Line from Leamington Spa to Hatton before diverging to the south. It serves Stratford-upon-Avon, Wilmcote, Bearley, Claverdon, Hatton, Warwick, and Leamington Spa.
The station is served by West Midlands Railway and Chiltern Railways, and consists of two platforms on either side of the track, which are linked by a DDA compliant footbridge with ramps. [1] It makes use of the Park and Ride facilities at Bishopton, which can occupy up to 725 vehicles.
Chiltern Main Line: ... Stratford-upon-Avon: Replaced a timber bridge first mentioned in 1235. [19] Tramway Bridge: 1823 ... Defford Railway Bridge
Map of railways in the area of Stratford-upon-Avon in 1908. In 1908, Great Western Railway opened the North Warwickshire Line which incorporated parts of the two original branch lines into a new main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham. This placed Stratford-upon-Avon on the main line, which prompted the expansion of the station with a third ...
On 10 October 1860 the Stratford on Avon Railway Company opened a 9 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile-long single-track branch line; it ran from Hatton on the Great Western Railway Oxford and Birmingham line to Stratford-upon-Avon, and was mixed gauge. There were intermediate stations at Claverdon, Bearley and Wilmcote. Only narrow (standard) gauge trains ran ...
Bicester North (/ ˈ b ɪ s t ər / ⓘ BIST-ər) is a station on the Chiltern Main Line, one of two stations serving the market town of Bicester in Oxfordshire. Services operated by Chiltern Railways run south to London Marylebone and north to Banbury, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon. Bicester North is one of Bicester's two stations.
1 train every 2 hours to Stratford-upon-Avon. Operated by Chiltern Railways. 2 trains per day to Stratford-upon-Avon. Operated by West Midlands Railway. On Saturdays, 5 West Midlands Railway services to Stratford-upon-Avon call at the station, alongside a two-hourly Chiltern service. 4 WMR services run towards Worcester, while Chiltern provides ...
Chiltern Railways chairman Adrian Shooter said, "This is the biggest passenger rail project for several generations not to call on the taxpayer for support. Working closely with Network Rail, we are going to create a new main line railway for the people of Oxfordshire and the Midlands.