Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway is a railway station located on the northern outskirts of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It is on the North Warwickshire Line, adjacent to the A46.

The station is served by West Midlands Railway and Chiltern Railways, and consists of two platforms on either side of the track, which are linked by a DDA compliant footbridge with ramps. It makes use of the Park and Ride facilities at Bishopton, which can occupy up to 725 vehicles.

History

The station was intended to open in December 2013, however it was completed several months ahead of schedule and opened on 19 May 2013. Construction work commenced on 17 October 2012.

It was projected that development of the station would cost £8.8 million. In July 2011, the Department for Transport agreed to contribute £5 million under the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. In September 2011, Warwickshire County Council agreed to contribute £1.8 million, and later announced that Mott MacDonald had been appointed to produce the GRIP 4 outline design of the parkway station.

Facilities

There is a ticket machine outside the entrance to platform 1 which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train.

Cycle parking is available.

Step free access is available between the platforms via the ramp. The station is unstaffed. Information is available from help points located on both platforms and from the senior conductor on the train.

Services

West Midlands Railway

2 trains per hour run westbound to via , and , with one service running via and on the North Warwickshire Line before terminating at Kidderminster. The other service runs via and on its way to via .

2tph run soutbound to only.

Some trains, mainly evening services, call at . 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 . Early morning services start at . Some services start/terminate or call at instead or in addition to . Sunday services run only between 09:00 and 19:30.

Journeys to stations via and can be made using Chiltern Railways services by changing at or .

A more expensive ticket is also available which allows travel via .

Chiltern Railways

Stratford-upon-Avon 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 . In the hour which the direct service does not run, on Monday-Saturday, connections to , and can be made using West Midlands Railway services and changing at for onwards Chiltern Railways services. 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 20:40.

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Railway stations in Warwickshire
Railway stations opened by Network Rail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2013
Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways
Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains
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