Warwick railway station


Warwick railway station serves the town of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. The station is served by Chiltern Railways, and also less frequently by West Midlands Trains and CrossCountry. It is located around half a mile north of the town centre.
Warwick is also served by Warwick Parkway railway station on the town's outskirts, which opened in 2000.

History

Warwick station was opened on 1 October 1852 by the Great Western Railway on their main line between 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 used to assist heavy goods trains up Hatton Bank towards Birmingham. The original buildings on the 'up' 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 by Platform 1 and two outside waiting shelters, one on each platform. There is a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine on the northbound platform. In 2012 a cafe selling drinks and snacks opened on Platform 1. Although car parking is available at the station it is limited and there is a charge for it. A local taxi company called Castle Cabs shares the main station building with Chiltern Railways.

Services

Most trains calling here are Chiltern Railways trains between and or Leamington Spa & either or Birmingham Moor Street. 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.

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