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| WMR 172 218 departs bound for Stratford |
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| Type: | National Rail (Shakespeare Line) |
| Station code: | WWW |
| Opened: | 1908 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened in 1908 as Wootton Wawen Platform (which meant it had basic staffing and a parcels facility) by the Great Western Railway. It was renamed in 1974 [1]. The station was threatened with closure in the 1980s but managed to survive.
The station has two through roads, platform access is via two ramps down to road level. It is served by the hourly service on the line though as a request stop trains may not stop at the station unless a passenger on the train requests it to the guard (or holds out their arm to an approaching train).
The station is unstaffed and has basic facilities. Each platform has a single concrete shelter and there is a single information display per platform plus help points and a payphone. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway.
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| View down the platform, the next train is on time |
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| Station view taken from the road bridge which crosses the line (see above photo) |
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| After seeing the author wave, WMR 172 337 comes to a stop |
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| Station sign and shelter |
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| In London Midand days, 172 336 arrives |
[1] Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham (Moor Street) (Middleton Press, 2006) p.41
