Whitlocks End railway station

Coordinates: 52°23′31″N 1°51′07″W / 52.392°N 1.852°W / 52.392; -1.852
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Whitlocks End
National Rail
Whitlocks End station in 2011
General information
LocationWhitlock's End, Solihull
England
Grid referenceSP102771
Managed byWest Midlands Railway
Transit authorityTransport for West Midlands
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWTE
Fare zone4
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1936
Passengers
2018/19Increase 161,494
2019/20Increase 174,082
2020/21Decrease 36,984
2021/22Increase 117,820
2022/23Increase 146,724
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whitlocks End railway station is a railway station on the North Warwickshire Line located next to, and named after the hamlet of Whitlock's End in the West Midlands of England. It lies a short distance from several villages: Tidbury Green and the new village of Dickens Heath in the West Midlands, and Major's Green and Hollywood in Worcestershire. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains.

The station serves as the terminus for many local services on the Snow Hill Lines from either Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster or Worcester Foregate Street. Of the three hourly services, two terminate/start here, and one continues to Stratford-Upon-Avon.

History[edit]

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 6 June 1936 to cater for the increased housing developments in the area, and was originally called Whitlocks End Halt, the suffix was dropped on 6 May 1968. The original 1936 station had short and low platforms, this led to it being completely rebuilt in 1999 at a cost of £800,000.[1]

The station formerly had only one train per hour in either direction, this was changed from 1 October 2010, when services which had previously terminated at Shirley were extended to terminate at Whitlocks End, with the opening of a new turnback facility at the station. This was done in order to alleviate traffic congestion at Shirley station, by encouraging commuters to drive to Whitlocks End, which is the next station along the line. This in turn led to the station car park being extended in September 2011 to accommodate increased demand.[2]

The 275-space free station car park is managed by Transport for West Midlands. Network Rail have recently completed a £60,000 improvement scheme that included the doubling of bicycle storage capacity from 12 to 24.

Services[edit]

During Monday to Saturday daytimes:

On Sundays, there is an hourly service to Worcester Foregate Street via Snow Hill and to Stratford-upon-Avon.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Shirley   West Midlands Railway
North Warwickshire Line
  Wythall

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bevan, Alan. The Story of The North Warwickshire Line 1908 - 2008. Alard Print & Reprographics Limited.
  2. ^ "Links to Stratford-upon-Avon growing". www.globalrailnews.com. GLOBALRAILNEWS. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. ^ Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links[edit]

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