Warwick railway station

Warwick
Location
Place	Warwick
Local authority	District of Warwick
Coordinates	52°17′11″N 1°34′55″W / 52.2865°N 1.5819°WCoordinates: 52°17′11″N 1°34′55″W / 52.2865°N 1.5819°W
Grid reference	SP286654
Operations
Station code	WRW
Managed by	Chiltern Railways
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.357 million
2005/06	0.357 million
2006/07	0.366 million
2007/08	0.356 million
2008/09	0.489 million
2009/10	0.492 million
2010/11	0.503 million
2011/12	0.526 million
2012/13	0.522 million
2013/14	0.562 million
2014/15	0.555 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1852
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Warwick from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Warwick railway station serves the town of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. The station is served by Chiltern Railways (who manage the station), and also occasionally by London Midland and CrossCountry. It was opened in 1852 by the Great Western Railway. There are platform faces on the two tracks which serve the station and there is a crossover just north of the station. Warwick is also served by Warwick Parkway railway station.

Platforms and facilities

Platform one is on the level with the surrounding area whilst platform two is up a flight of steps. The two are connected by a lit underpass. Trains from Platform 1 go towards Birmingham/Stratford upon Avon whilst trains from Platform 2 go towards Leamington/London.

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.^[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. The station is managed by Chiltern Railways.

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 London Midland services between Leamington Spa and Stourbridge Junction/Kidderminster or Worcester Shrub Hill.^[2] 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
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  The main station building, taken from Platform 2
• 
  The waiting facilities on Platform 2

References

1. The cafes food hygiene score on scoresonthedoors.org.uk
2. Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• 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