Earlswood (West Midlands) railway station
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Earlswood railway station is located on the western fringe of the village of Earlswood on the West Midlands/
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-Av ...
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
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 ...
. 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 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 .


See also

* The Lakes railway station


References


External links


Earlswood station
at warwickshirerailways.com
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Earlswood station
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