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The North Warwickshire Line (also known as the Shakespeare Line [1]) is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom.It runs from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, now the southern terminus of the line, although until 1976 the line continued to Cheltenham as part of the Great Western Railway route from Birmingham to Bristol.
The Snow Hill Lines is the collective name for the railway lines running through Birmingham Snow Hill, and Birmingham Moor Street stations in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [1] [2] They form an important part of the suburban rail network of Birmingham, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
The Shakespeare Express is a steam-hauled passenger excursion train that has operated since 1999. It operates two trips in each direction on selected summer Sundays from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon with a journey times of 60 to 70 minutes in each direction.
Extended to Stratford upon Avon every 2 hours London Marylebone – Bicester North: Semi-fast: 1: London Marylebone – Princes Risborough: Semi-fast: 1 London Marylebone – High Wycombe: local: 1 London Marylebone – Gerrards Cross: local: 1 Leamington Spa – Birmingham Moor Street: local: 1 Stratford-upon-Avon – Leamington Spa: Slow to ...
The Shakespeare Line Promotion Group attempted to promote a scheme to reopen the 6 miles (10 km) of line to the south of Stratford-upon-Avon, where it would link to the Cotswold Line at Honeybourne. The scheme (supported as a freight diversionary route by DB Schenker) [ 12 ] would make Stratford a through station once again, with improved ...
On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way - eastbound to Stratford-upon-Avon via Shirley and westbound to Worcester Foregate Street. Tyseley is no longer served by Chiltern Railways services as of the May 2023 timetable change. [3] [4] Services used to run southbound towards Banbury, High Wycombe and Marylebone.
Former Secretary of State for War John Profumo was the MP for Stratford-upon-Avon 1950–1963; W. W. Quatremain (1857–1930), local landscape painter; Gordon Ramsay, noted celebrity chef, and star of several cooking related shows, moved to Stratford-Upon-Avon with his family in 1976 when he was nine years old
of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via the North Warwickshire Line; 2 trains per hour to Dorridge via Solihull of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via Lapworth; Two evening West Midlands Railway services run to Leamington Spa. Westbound: 4 trains per hour to Kidderminster: of which two continue to Worcester Foregate Street