Wilmcote railway station serves the village of

Wilmcote Wilmcote is a village, and since 2004 a separate civil parish, in the English county of Warwickshire, about north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Prior to 2004, it was part of the same parish as Aston Cantlow, and the 2001 population for the whole are ...

, about north of Stratford-upon-Avon in

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, England. The station is run by

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. It is served by both

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and Chiltern Railways trains.

History

The original single platform Wilmcote station opened in October 1860, on the Stratford-upon-Avon Railway's branch line from

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to Stratford. The station was rebuilt slightly south of the original with two platforms in 1907, when the Great Western Railway doubled and upgraded this part of the branch line to main line standards, in order to incorporate it into the

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, which created a new main line route between

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and

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Facilities

Wilmcote station is unstaffed. Tickets must be purchased from the senior conductor or train manager on the train. Step free access is only available on the bound platform. The nearest stations with step free access are and .

Services

West Midlands Railway

Wilmcote is served by an hourly service, to via northbound and to along the

. Most northbound trains run via and . A limited service runs via and . Some trains, mainly early morning and evening services continue to . Some early morning and late night services start/terminate at , or . On Sundays there is an hourly service to via and northbound and to southbound. All services run via and . Some services extend to/from with early morning services starting at . Some services start/terminate or call at instead or in addition to . Services only run between 09:30 and 19:45. Journeys to stations via and can be made using Chiltern Railways services changing at or . A more expensive ticket is also available which allows travel via .

Chiltern Railways

Wilmcote is also served by approximately one train every 2 hours, to via and along the Leamington-Stratford line and to . On weekdays, during the afternoon peak, in order to run additional services some trains start/terminate at or where connections are available for and onwards to . Some services extend to or . Some Chiltern Railways services do not call here and run non stop between and or Sunday services only run from 09:40 with the final departure at 20:43.

Incidents

On 24 March 1922, four track workers were killed after being hit by a light engine just south of the station. They were buried side-by-side in St Andrew's churchyard, Wilmcote, with a single headstone, which is extant, and individual grave marker stones. The incident became the subject of an in-depth academic study by the Railway Work, Life and Death project at

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, leading up to its centenary. Edward Booker, the son of one of the victims, later served as Wilmcote's stationmaster. A commemorative event was held at the station, on the day of the centenary.

References

External links

Historical photographs at www.warwickshirerailways.comRail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wilmcote station
Railway stations in Warwickshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1860 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1907 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1907 Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub