Warwick railway station serves the town of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. The station is served by Chiltern Railways (who manage the station), and also less frequently by West Midlands Trains. It is located around half a mile north of the town centre.

Warwick
Warwick station in 2022, looking west towards Birmingham.
General information
Location	Warwick, District of Warwick England
Coordinates	52.2865°N 1.5819°W / 52.2865; -1.5819
Grid reference	SP286654
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WRW
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	1852
Passengers
2016/17	0.595 million
2017/18	0.619 million
2018/19	0.644 million
2019/20	0.632 million
2020/21	0.148 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 London, 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.[1] The original buildings on the 'up' (London bound) platform were demolished in 1964.[2]

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.[3]

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 was a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine on the northbound platform but was removed in 2016.[4] In 2012 a cafe selling drinks and snacks opened on Platform, but has since closed.[5] 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.[4] The station underwent a light refurbishment in 2022 including repainting and the replacement of signage to correspond with Chilterns' new branding.

Services

Most trains calling here are Chiltern Railways trains between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill (hourly) or Leamington Spa & either Stratford-upon-Avon or Birmingham Moor Street (both two-hourly). At peak times, these are augmented by a few West Midlands Trains services between Leamington Spa and Stourbridge Junction/Kidderminster or Worcester Shrub Hill.[6] Chiltern also run a limited weekday peak through service between Marylebone & Kidderminster that stops here.

Gallery

• 
  Front of the station, taken from the main station approach
• 
  The main station building, taken from Platform 2
• 
  The waiting facilities on Platform 2
• 
  Warwick Station ticket office
• 
  Class 165 on platform 1 bound for Birmingham Moor Street railway station.
• 
  British Rail Class 168 seen on platform 2 departing to Marylebone station.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Warwick railway station.

• Train times and station information for Warwick railway station from National Rail
• Photographs of Warwick railway station from Warwickshire Railways
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Warwick station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Warwick Parkway		Chiltern Railways London to Birmingham		Leamington Spa
		Chiltern Railways Chiltern Main Line fast services
		Chiltern Railways Leamington Spa to Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwick Parkway Limited Service		West Midlands Railway Leamington-Worcester		Leamington Spa Limited Service