Earlswood railway station is located on the western fringe of the village of

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on the

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Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

border in

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. The platforms straddle the county border, with the approach road on the West Midlands side. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by

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. Originally opened as Earlswood Lakes in mid-1908, the station was renamed Earlswood on 6 May 1974 despite being located next to the settlement of Foreshaw Heath and

The Lakes railway station The Lakes is a railway station located on the North Warwickshire Line in the north of Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. The nearest settlement is the village of Earlswood. Opened by the Great Western Railway as ''The Lakes H ...

being located closer to Earlswood village.

Services

The station is served by hourly trains in each direction, westbound to via and southbound to . Evening services continue to or terminate at Snow Hill or . On Sundays, services towards Kidderminster continue to .

References

External links

Earlswood station
at warwickshirerailways.com
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Earlswood station
Railway stations in Solihull DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains 1908 establishments in England Tanworth-in-Arden {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub

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