Lapworth railway station

Lapworth railway station serves the village of Kingswood, Warwickshire, near the village of Lapworth from which it takes its name. It has two platforms connected by a footbridge. Chiltern Railways, who manage the station, provided services on its London/Leamington/Birmingham/Stourbridge route. West Midlands Railway also serve the station, with trains to Worcester, via Kidderminster and Birmingham, and to Stratford.

Lapworth
National Rail
Lapworth station platforms.
General information
LocationLapworth, Warwick District
England
Coordinates52.3420°N 1.7257°W / 52.3420; -1.7257
Grid referenceSP187716
Managed byChiltern Railways
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLPW
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1854Opened as Kingswood
1 May 1902Renamed Lapworth
Passengers
2017/18Increase 52,580
2018/19Increase 72,774
2019/20Increase 84,716
2020/21Decrease 20,520
2021/22Increase 51,444
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854.[1] It was known as Kingswood until 1 May 1902 when the name was changed to Lapworth[2] to avoid confusion with the station of the same name in Surrey. From 1894, Lapworth was the starting point of a short lived branch line to Henley-in-Arden. The branch was closed as an economy measure during the First World War in 1915 to passengers [3] and to freight in 1917,[4] it never reopened after WW 1.[5]

A footbridge spans the remaining two tracks, and continues to the west of the northbound platform spanning where quadruple tracks once existed. For a brief period prior to the lifting of the quadruple tracks there was a DMU service along what had been the GWR's Paddington - Birkenhead main line. It plied between Wellington (Shropshire) and Lapworth stopping at all the intermediate stations and linking them with Wolverhampton Low Level and Birmingham Snow Hill.

The goods sidings and 2 of the 4 platforms were removed in the 1960s and 1970s respectively due to falling usage. [6]

The station is unstaffed; ticketing is restricted to a 'Permit-to-Travel' machine located at the main entrance to the station (off Station Lane) at the north end of the London-bound (southbound) platform. The station can also be accessed via a footpath from Mill Lane.

Accidents and incidents

Services

Chiltern Railways:

In current timetable, Chiltern serve the station on weekdays with a two-hourly service southbound to Leamington Spa and northbound to Birmingham Moor Street.

On Saturdays a three-hourly service operates between Marylebone and Moor Street.

On Sundays a two-hourly service also operates, with services southbound to London Marylebone and northbound to Moor Street.[9]

West Midlands Railway:

West Midlands Trains serve the station on weekdays with hourly services westbound to Worcester Foregate Street (and/or Worcester Shrub Hill) via Dorridge, Solihull, Birmingham Snow Hill, Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster and Droitwich Spa. These services run eastbound to Stratford-upon-Avon.[10][11]

There is no West Midlands Railway service on Sundays.

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 135. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Butt 1995, pp. 135, 138
  3. "Henley-in-Arden - Original Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. "Henley-in-Arden - Original Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. "Henley-in-Arden - Original Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  6. "Lapworth Station".
  7. "Light at the end of the tunnel for Severn 'Prairie'". Steam Railway. Peterborough: Bauer Consumer Media Ltd (455): 40–42. 17 June 2016. ISSN 0143-7232.
  8. "Four killed and 50 injured in train crash". The Times. No. 51243. London. 1 December 1948. col A-B, p. 4.
  9. "Timetable - 22 May 2023 - 8 December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways.
  10. "Train timetables and schedules | Lapworth". West Midlands Railway.
  11. "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lapworth railway station.
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Dorridge   West Midlands Railway
Worcester-Kidderminster-Birmingham-Solihull-Stratford		   Claverdon
stops on request only
or Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway
Dorridge   West Midlands Railway
Worcester-Kidderminster-Birmingham-Leamington Spa
Limited Service		   Hatton
  Chiltern Railways
London-Leamington-Birmingham		  
Disused railways
Terminus   Great Western Railway
Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway		   Henley-in-Arden
Line closed, station open
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