Stations and other important locations in the County of Warwickshire

The following is a list of GWR stations, junctions, goods depots, etc, which at one time were part of the County of Warwickshire. This includes stations such as the L&NWR's and Midland Railway's stations in Tamworth which, when these stations were first built, were part of Warwickshire but later in 1889 ceded to Staffordshire. The list also includes a number of stations from towns and villages which had previously been part of other counties such as Staffordshire and Worcestershire but after being absorbed into the City of Birmingham also became part of the County of Warwickshire. Examples include Kings Norton, Bournville, Barnt Green, etc on the Midland Railway's line to Gloucester. Finally a small number of stations from other counties which were never part of Warwickshire have been included where their inclusion completes a route. One example being the Midland Railway's Birmingham to Evesham route where Evesham, Harvington, Redditch and Alvechurch have been included to complete all stations along the line. Where a station was known by more than one name we have endeavoured to list them separately but linked both to the same station page. As this information is currently incomplete the list will be updated when we find the information. If you can help us with information which can fill in the gaps we would be very appreciative.

Stations, Junctions, Goods Depots, etc	Railway Company	Operational status
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Acocks Green station	GWR	Open for Passengers on 1st October 1852 . Closed to Goods traffic on 9th September 1968. Station renamed Acocks Green and South Yardley in 1878. Station renamed Acocks Green on 6th May 1968.
Alcester station	GWR	Opened on 4th September 1876. Closed to Passengers and Goods traffic on 25th September 1939.
Aston Cantlow Halt	GWR	Opened to passengers only on 18th December 1922. Closed to passengers on 25th September 1939. Station re-opened in 1941. Station finally closed on 1st March 1951.
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Bearley station	GWR	Bearley station opened on 9th October 1860. Closed Goods 20th May 1963.
Bearley North Junction	GWR	The junction was opened in 1908 when the North Warwickshire Railway was built. Taken out of use 20th November 1960.
Bearley West Junction	GWR	The junction was opened in 1908 when the North Warwickshire Railway was built.
Bentley Heath Crossing	GWR	Open
Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway Company	GWR	Passenger services commenced on 6th June 1894 with goods traffic commencing on 2nd July 1894. The line closed to passengers from 1st January 1915 and to goods on 1st January 1916 (with a formal closure date of 1st January 1917). The majority of the track was lifted in May and June 1917 leaving a stub of double track at Rowington some forty Chains long and another at the North Warwickshire end of eighteen Chains long in order to connect the new line with the original station's goods yard and shed. Powers to formally abandon the line were granted by the GWR Act 1935. The line to the yard was closed on 5th November 1962.
Birmingham Moor Street station	GWR	Moor Street station in a temporary form first opened in July 1909 as part of the initiative to open a route to the South West viathe North Warwickshire Railway. The station was fully opened, complete with goods shed, on 7th January 1914. The goods shed closed on 6th November 1972. In 1987 the station was relocated, through platforms opened, terminal platforms closed. In 2002 the station was renovated and in 2010 the terminal platforms were reopened.
Birmingham Snow Hill station	GWR	Birmingham Snow Hill station was opened by the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway on 1st October 1852. It was originally called Birmingham station, its name was changed to Great Charles Street station, and then Livery Street station before finally becoming Birmingham Snow Hill station in February 1858. The station finally closed to passengers on 6 March 1972. The station reopened on 5th October 1987 and on 31st May 1999 the Midland Metro opened. No Goods facilities were provided.
Bordesley Junction	GWR/MR	A short link descending from the Midland Railway to the Birmingham & Oxford Junction Railway at Bordesley was constructed as a mixed gauge single track branch line in 1852, with the broad gauge third rail being subsequently removed on 1st April 1869.
Bordesley station	GWR	Bordesley station opened for passengers in 1855. Closed Goods 6th July 1964.
Broad Marston Halte	GWR	Broad Marston Halte opened on 17th October 1904 and closed to passengers on 14th July 1916 as a wartime economy measure. Pebworth Halt was built some 352 yards to the south. No goods facilities were provided.
Budbrook and Warwick Cold Store	GWR	Opened in May 1879. Closed September 1961.
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Chambers Crossing Halt	GWR	Chambers Crossing Halt was opened on 17th October 1904 and closed as a wartime measure on 14th July 1916. The station never reopened. No goods facilities were provided.
Claverdon station	GWR	Claverdon station opened for passengers on 9th October 1860. and closed for goods 20th May 1963.
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Danzey for Tanworth station	GWR	Danzey for Tanworth station opened for Passengers in 1908 and closed for Goods traffic on 1st June 1964.
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Earlswood Lake station	GWR	Earlswood Lake station open for Passengers on 1st June 1908. Remains open for Passengers. Closed for Goods on 6th July 1964
Evesham Road Crossing Halte	GWR	Evesham Road Crossing Halte open for traffic on the 17th October 1904 and closed on 14th July 1916 as a wartime economy measure but never reopened. No Goods facilities were provided.
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Fenny Compton station	GWR	Fenny Compton station (GWR) opened on 1st October 1852. Closed to Goods traffic in April 1958 and passengers on 2nd November 1964.
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Great Alne station	GWR	Great Alne station closed for passengers 25th September 1939. Closed Goods 25th September 1939. Closed to Workman trains on 3rd July 1944.
Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform	GWR	first opened to passengers on 1st June 1908 Renamed Wythall 6th May 1974. No Goods facilities were provided.
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Hall Green station	GWR	Open for passengers on 9th December 1908. Remains open. Closed Goods 6th July 1964. Closed to coal traffic on 6th May 1968.
Handsworth & Smethwick station	GWR	Handsworth & Smethwick station opened in 1854 and closed to goods traffic on 9th September 1968 and to passengers on 5th March 1972.
Harbury Cutting	GWR	Opened by 1st October 1852.
Hatton station	GWR	Hatton station opened for Passengers on 1st October 1852. The station remains open. Closed to goods traffic on 11th November 1963.
Hatton Bank	GWR	Open by 1852.
Henley in Arden station (Branch Terminus)	GWR	Henley in Arden station, the Branch Terminus station, opened on 6th June 1894 and closed to passenger traffic on 1st July 1908. The goods remained open to serve the new station until 31st December 1962.
Henley in Arden station (North Warwicks)	GWR	Open for passenger traffic in 1908 and remains open.
Hockley station	GWR	Hockley station opened in November 1854 and closed to passenger traffic on 5th March 1972. The goods facility also opened late 1854/early 1855 and closed on 7th August 1967.
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Kingswood station (later Lapworth)	GWR	Opened as Kingswood station in 1854. Renamed Lapworth station on 1st May 1902. The station remains open but the goods yard closed on 11th November 1963.
Knowle & Dorridge station	GWR	Knowle & Dorridge station opened on 1st October 1852. It remains open for Passengers. The station closed to goods traffic on 7th September 1964.
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Lapworth station (née Kingswood)	GWR	Opened as Kingswood station in 1854. Renamed Lapworth station on 1st May 1902. The station remains open but the goods yard closed on 11th November 1963.
Leamington station	GWR	Leamington station open for passenger traffic in 1854. Remains open. Closed to goods traffic on 19th May 1969.
Longdon Road station	GWR	Longdon Road station opened to steam hauled passenger trains on 1st July 1889 after the GWR had obtained permission to run the line with steam trains. Passenger services ended on 8th July 1929 whilst goods traffic remained until 2nd May 1960.
Long Marston station	GWR	Long Marston station opened on 12th July 1859, the same time as the section of line between Honeybourne and Stratford upon Avon opened. It closed to passenger services on 3rd January 1966 and to goods traffic on 1st July 1963.
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Milcote station	GWR	Milcote station opened on the 12th July 1859 on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway's single line branch from Honeybourne to Stratford Upon Avon. The station was enlarged in May 1908 when the line was doubled as part of the GWR's route to the South West. The station closed to goods traffic on 1st July 1963 and to passengers on 3rd January 1966.
Moor Street station	GWR	Moor Street station in a temporary form first opened in July 1909 as part of the initiative to open a route to the South West viathe North Warwickshire Railway. The station was fully opened, complete with goods shed, on 7th January 1914. The goods shed closed on 6th November 1972. In 1987 the station was relocated, through platforms opened, terminal platforms closed. In 2002 the station was renovated and in 2010 the terminal platforms were reopened.
Moreton in Marsh station	GWR	Moreton-in-Marsh station was originally the headquarters of the Moreton-in-Marsh to Stratford upon Avon Tramway which opened on 5th September 1826. The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW) on 4 June 1853. It remains open to passengers. Goods traffic closed in the 1960s.
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Olton station	GWR	Olton station, located on the GWR's Oxford & Birmingham extension, opened in 1869. It remains open for passengers. The station closed to goods traffic on 6th July 1964.
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Pebworth Halt	GWR	Pebworth Halt opened as a simple two-platform facility on 6th September 1937 and survived until 3rd January 1966. No goods facilities were provided. This was the second station in the near vicinity as 'Broad Marston Halte' had existed for a brief time from 17th October 1904 to 14th July 1916 being closed by wartime (First World War) emergency measures.
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Rowington Junction	GWR	Opening on 6th June 1894 Rowington Junction was formed when the branch to Henley-in-Arden opened. The opening of the North Warwickshire line in 1908 made the branch superfluous although passenger traffic from Lapworth station continued until the First World War intervened. Passengers services officially ceased on 1st January 1915 the branch line being substantally lifted in May 1917. A section of the branch was retained as a long siding to store crippled wagons until 9th June 1969 when the Junction was taken out of use.
Rowington Water Troughs	GWR	Rowington water troughs were opened on both the up and down main line on 1st October 1899 to facilitate non-stop running of express trains between London and Birmingham. They were 560 yards long; constructed in the standard method by the use of ten foot lengths of galvanised steel plate 18 inches wide by 6 inches deep. The troughs were supported 4 inches above the sleepers, which meant that with the standard 5 inch water depth in the trough the water’s surface was 1.5 inches above the rail level. The water was fed from a 40,000 gallon supply tank at the lineside and multiple pipes supplied the water troughs via bottom entry points.
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Sancta Lane Halt	GWR	Sancta Lane was the site of the OWWR´s (Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway) branch terminus and was only operational for a very brief period of time, from 12th July 1859 to 24th July 1861. Closed Goods 24th July 1861
Shipston on Stour station	GWR	Shipston-on-Stour station was first opened on 11th February 1836 as a branch line terminus of the horse-drawn Moreton-in-Marsh to Stratford upon Avon Tramway. On 1st July 1889 the station became a part of the GWR and remained open until 8th July 1929 when it closed to passenger services and 2nd May 1960 when it closed to goods traffic.
Shirley station	GWR	The station was built in 1908, complete with small goods yard with goods shed. It remains open for passenger services but closed to general goods traffic on 6th July 1964 and to coal traffic on 6th May 1968.
Small Heath station	GWR	Small Heath station was opened by the GWR in 1863 as 'Small Heath and Sparkbrook'. It remains open to passenger services. Its goods facilities were closed during the 1960s.
Snow Hill station	GWR	Birmingham Snow Hill station was opened by the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway on 1st October 1852. It was originally called Birmingham station, its name was changed to Great Charles Street station, and then Livery Street station before finally becoming Birmingham Snow Hill station in February 1858. The station finally closed to passengers on 6 March 1972. The station reopened on 5th October 1987 and on 31st May 1999 the Midland Metro opened. No Goods facilities were provided.
Soho & Winson Green station	GWR	Soho & Winson Green station opened on the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway’s mixed gauge line as Soho station on 14th November 1854. In May 1893 the station name was changed to Soho & Winson Green. The station closed to goods traffic on 1st November 1971 and to passenger traffic on 6th March 1972
Solihull station	GWR	Solihull station, opened in 1852, was located on the GWR's Oxford & Birmingham Branch. It remains open for passenger services. Goods traffic closed in the 1960s.
Southam Road & Harbury station	GWR	Southam Road & Harbury station, on the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, opened on 1st October 1852. The station closed to goods traffic on 11th November 1963 and to passenger services on 2nd November 1964.
Spring Road Halt	GWR	Spring Road was opened as a Platform on 1st July 1908. The station remains open today. No goods facilities were provided.
Stratford on Avon station	GWR	Stratford Upon Avon had three standard gauge stations associated with the GWR or companies under its influence. Two were termini of branches and one, the current station, a through station which itself has been subject to alterations to its layout over the years. Initially two branch lines served the town each with their own terminus. The first station to open was just south of the current station at Sancta Lane being the site of the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway's (OWWR) branch terminus which was only operational for a very brief period of time, from 12 July 1859 to 24 July 1861. The second station located on the Birmingham Road, opened on 9th October 1860, was just to the north of the current station and served the Stratford Railway Company's branch line from Hatton to Stratford Upon Avon, a spur off the GWR's Oxford to Birmingham route. The obvious advantage of joining the two branch lines was quickly recognised and the current station was opened on 24 July 1861 with the Birmingham Road station being relegated to goods traffic and the occasional excursion traffic, the latter ceasing in 1869. The station remains open today, albeit now truncated as a terminus, for passenger services. It was closed to goods traffic on 1st January 1963 and to coal traffic on 6th May 1968.
Stratford Race Course Platform	GWR	Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse's opened on the 6th May and closed to passengers on 25th March 1968. No Goods facilities were provided.
Stretton on Fosse station	GWR	Stretton-on- Fosse as a station did not first appear in the timetables when the line re-opened on 1st July 1889 when the GWR took ownership of the line. However passenger trains did call by request at the adjacent Golden Cross Inn until the station was completed in November 1892. The station closed to passenger services on 8th July 1929 and to goods traffic in May 1941.
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The Lakes Halt	GWR	The Lakes Halt opened on 3rd June 1935 and remains open for passenger services. No Goods facilities were provided.
Tyseley station	GWR	Tyseley station opened in 1906 and remains open for passenger services. Its once extensive goods traffic closed on 9th September 1968.
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Warwick station	GWR	Warwick station was opened on 1st October 1852 as one of the original stations on the Broad Gauge route between Oxford and Birmingham. It remains open today for passenger services. It closed for goods traffic on 31st January 1969.
Whitlocks End Halt	GWR	Whitlocks End Halt was opened in 1936 on the North Warwickshire Railway and remains open for passenger services today. No goods facilities were provided.
Widney Manor station	GWR	Widney Manor Station, located between Knowle & Dorridge and Solihull, was opened on 1st July 1899. and remains open for passenger services today. The station closed to goods services on 6th May 1963.
Wilmecote station	GWR	Wilmecote's first station opened on 9th October 1860 on the Stratford-on-Avon Railway which ran from Hatton to Stratford upon Avon. The second station opened on the otherside of the road bridge, when the line was doubled as part of the GWR's extension to the South East. It remains open today for passenger services. Goods traffic closed on 11th November 1963
Wood End Halt	GWR	Wood End Platform was opened on 1st July 1908 when the line was first opened for passenger traffic. The suffix Platform was removed on 7th July 1924 when it was simply described as Wood End. The station remains open to passenger services. No goods facilities were made available.
Wooton Wawen Platform	GWR	Wooten Wawen was another original 1908 station built by the GWR as part of their expansion plans of opening up a new route to the South West by constructing the North Warwickshire Railway. The station remains open to passenger services. No goods facilities were made available.
Wythall Halt	GWR	Initially named Grimes Hill Halt when first opened to passengers on 1st June 1908 when the North Warwickshire Railway first became operational to passenger traffic, it was later renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Halt on 12th July 1914 and then again on 11th July 1927 when it was renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform. The station remains open to passenger services. No goods facilities were made available.
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Yardley Wood station	GWR	Yardley Wood, opened 1st June 1908, was the third station along the North Warwickshire line from Tyseley and due to the level of facilities provided was obviously considered by the GWR to to offer potential for future growth. The station remains open to passenger services. No goods facilities were made available.