Water Orton railway station
Water Orton  | |
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 The station in 2013. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Water Orton |
| Local authority | North Warwickshire |
| Coordinates | 52°31′07″N 1°44′38″W / 52.518611°N 1.743889°W / 52.518611; -1.743889Coordinates: 52°31′07″N 1°44′38″W / 52.518611°N 1.743889°W / 52.518611; -1.743889 |
| Grid reference | SP174912 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WTO |
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |  39,718 |
| 2013/14 |  40,752 |
| 2014/15 | 38,916 |
| 2015/16 | 45,886 |
| 2016/17 | 51,680 |
| History | |
| 1842 | first station opened |
| 1909 | resited |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Water Orton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Lines around Whitacre Junction
Water Orton railway station serves Water Orton in Warwickshire, near Birmingham, England. It is owned by Network Rail, and managed by West Midlands Trains. However, no West Midlands Trains stop there; it is only served by CrossCountry services.
Contents
1 History
2 Services
3 References
4 External links
History
It was first opened in 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its line into Birmingham Lawley Street from Whitacre Junction.
However the Midland Railway built a cutoff line from slightly further west to a junction at Kingsbury in 1909 and the station was resited.[1] Although the distance saved was only a mile-and-a-quarter, the junctions at Water Orton and Kingsbury could be taken at a much higher speed than the original one at Whitacre. The line from Whitacre to Kingsbury is used by only a few trains a week, such as the 20:30 Crosscountry service from Birmingham towards Derby, though it passes fast through Water Orton.
A freak tornado in Birmingham in 1996 damaged the wooden staircase. Rather than remove and replace the stairs, the damaged staircase was repaired in situ resulting in a zig-zag appearance. Local residents approved of this and it was left as it is found today.[citation needed]
A panorama of the front of the station.
Services
Platform 1 is used for trains to Leicester and Birmingham.
Platform 2 is used for trains to Derby, of which only one calls.
Services are mainly two hourly to Birmingham New Street and Leicester, with additional services in the peak.[2]
There is one train a day Monday-Friday to Derby via Tamworth; one also calls in the opposite direction.
There is no Sunday service.
References
^ Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
^ Table 47 & 57 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Water Orton railway station. |
Train times and station information for Water Orton railway station from National Rail
Water Orton station at warwickshirerailways.com- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Water Orton railway station
| Preceding station | |  National Rail | | Following station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Birmingham New Street | CrossCountry Birmingham-Leicester Mondays-Saturdays only | Coleshill Parkway | ||
| | Historical railways | | ||
Castle Bromwich | | Midland Railway Birmingham-Peterborough line | | Forge Mills |
