Warwick railway station serves the town of

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined with Leamington Spa and Whi ...

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 ...

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. The station is served by

Chiltern Railways Chiltern Railways, formally The Chiltern Railway Company Limited, is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996. Since 2009, it has been a subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains. Chiltern Railw ...

(who manage the station), and also less frequently by

West Midlands Trains West Midlands Trains (WMT) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates passenger trains on the West Midlands franchise between London and the English Midlands under two trade names: West Midlands Railway (WMR) (within the ...

. It is located around half a mile north of the town centre. Warwick is also served by

Warwick Parkway railway station Warwick Parkway is a railway station with Park and Ride facilities on the western outskirts of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. It also serves the village of Budbrooke. The station is owned by Network Rail and Warwickshire County Council. Wa ...

on the town's outskirts, which opened in 2000.

History

Warwick station was opened on 1 October 1852 by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

on their main line between London, Oxford and Birmingham. The station's platforms were extended in length in the 1890s. The station formerly had an additional bay platform on the western side, which in steam days was often used to hold the

bank engine A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker), banking engine, helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradi ...

used to assist heavy goods trains up Hatton Bank towards Birmingham. The original buildings on the 'up' (London bound) platform were demolished in 1964.

Platforms and facilities

The main station building is on the Birmingham bound Platform 1, a subway links this to the London bound Platform 2, which has only a basic shelter. 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 A waiting room or waiting hall is a building, or more commonly a part of a building or a room, where people sit or stand until the event or appointment for which they are waiting begins. There are two types of waiting room. One has individuals ...

by Platform 1 and two outside waiting shelters, one on each platform. There was a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine on the northbound platform but was removed in 2016. In 2012 a

cafe A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-caf ...

selling drinks and snacks opened on Platform, but has since closed. Although car parking is available at the station it is limited and there is a charge for it. A local

taxi A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice ...

company called Castle Cabs shares the main station building with

. The station underwent a light refurbishment in 2022 including repainting and the replacement of signage to correspond with Chilterns' new branding. The station will receive lift instalment works in 2023 to fit with the governments Access For All scheme.

Services

Most trains calling here are Chiltern Railways trains between and (hourly) or Leamington Spa & either or Birmingham Moor Street (both two-hourly). At peak times, these are augmented by a few West Midlands Trains services between Leamington Spa and / or Worcester Shrub Hill. Chiltern also run a limited weekday peak through service between Marylebone & Kidderminster that stops here.

Gallery

File:Front of Warwick Railway Station.jpg, Front of the station, taken from the main station approach File:Station building Platform 1 Warwick.jpg, The main station building, taken from Platform 2 File:Warwick2platform.jpg, The waiting facilities on Platform 2 File:Warwick Station ticket office.jpg, Warwick Station ticket office File:Class 165 at Warwick.png, Class 165 on platform 1 bound for

Birmingham Moor Street railway station Birmingham Moor Street is one of three main railway stations in the city centre of Birmingham, England, along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. Today's Moor Street station is a combination of the original station, opened in ...

. File:Class 168 Warwick.jpg,

British Rail Class 168 The Class 168 ''Clubman'' is a British diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train used on Chiltern Line services between London Marylebone and the West Midlands. One unit has been converted to hybrid operation as of 2022. Description The trai ...

seen on platform 2 departing to

Marylebone station Marylebone station ( ) is a Central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the Marylebone area of the City of Westminster. On the National Rail network it is also known as London Marylebone and is the southern ter ...

References

External links

Photographs of Warwick railway station
from Warwickshire Railways
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Warwick station
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