Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway
Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway in 2020
Location	Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon England
Grid reference	SP183566
Managed by	West Midlands Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	STY
History
Opened	19 May 2013
Passengers
2016/17	81,043
2017/18	92,782
2018/19	107,638
2019/20	110,176
2020/21	13,696
Interchange	274
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3] Construction work commenced on 17 October 2012.^[4]

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.^[5] In September 2011, Warwickshire County Council agreed to contribute £1.8 million,^[6] and later announced that Mott MacDonald had been appointed to produce the GRIP 4 outline design of the parkway station.^[7]

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[]

v t North Warwickshire Line
Legend
Birmingham–Worcester line Birmingham Snow Hill Snow Hill Tunnel Rugby–Birmingham– Stafford Line Birmingham Moor Street Bordesley A4540 road Grand Union Canal Camp Hill Line Small Heath Grand Union Canal Tyseley TMD Tyseley Tyseley Junction Chiltern Main Line Spring Road Hall Green Yardley Wood Shirley Stratford Canal Whitlocks End Wythall Earlswood limit of TfWM area The Lakes M42 motorway Wood End Danzey to Chiltern Main Line Henley-in-Arden Wootton Wawen River Alne Alcester–Hatton branch line Edstone Aqueduct Bearley Junction Leamington–Stratford line Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford Canal Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Honeybourne Line to Honeybourne

West Midlands Railway[]

Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway is served by two trains per hour, to Kidderminster via Birmingham Snow Hill northbound and to Stratford-upon-Avon along the North Warwickshire Line. One northbound train runs via Earlswood and Shirley with the other running via Dorridge and Solihull. Some trains, mainly early morning and evening services continue to Worcester Foregate Street. Some early morning and late night services start/terminate at Stourbridge Junction, Birmingham Snow Hill or Birmingham Moor Street.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Worcester Foregate Street via Birmingham Snow Hill and Kidderminster northbound and to Stratford-upon-Avon southbound. All services run via Earlswood and Shirley. Some services extend to/from Great Malvern with early morning services starting at Birmingham Snow Hill. Some services start/terminate or call at Worcester Shrub Hill instead or in addition to Worcester Foregate Street. Services only run between 09:00 and 19:45. Journeys to stations via Dorridge and Solihull can be made using Chiltern Railways services changing at Hatton or Warwick. A more expensive ticket is also available which allows travel via Tyseley.

Chiltern Railways[]

Stratford-upon-Avon is also served by approximately one train every 2 hours, to Leamington Spa via Hatton and Warwick along the Leamington-Stratford line and to Stratford-upon-Avon. On weekdays, during the afternoon peak, in order to run additional services some trains start/terminate at Hatton or Warwick where connections are available for Leamington Spa and onwards to London Marylebone. Some services extend to Banbury or London Marylebone. In the hour which the direct service does not run, on Monday-Saturday, connections to Hatton, Warwick and Leamington Spa can be made using West Midlands Railway services and changing at Dorridge for onwards Chiltern Railways services. Some Chiltern Railways services do not call here and run non stop between Stratford-upon-Avon and Hatton or Warwick

Sunday services only run from 09:40 with the final departure at 20:40.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wilmcote		West Midlands Railway Birmingham–Stratford-upon-Avon		Stratford-upon-Avon
		Chiltern Railways Leamington Spa-Stratford-upon-Avon

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station.

• Train times and station information for Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 52°12′26″N 1°43′51″W / 52.2072°N 1.7309°W / 52.2072; -1.7309