Atherstone railway station
Atherstone 
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Standing on the northbound platform looking south, towards London in 2009.
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| Location | |
| Place | Atherstone |
| Local authority | Borough of North Warwickshire |
| Coordinates | 52°34′44″N 1°33′11″W / 52.579°N 1.553°WCoordinates: 52°34′44″N 1°33′11″W / 52.579°N 1.553°W |
| Grid reference | SP304979 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ATH |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 77,558 |
| 2012/13 |
83,342 |
| 2013/14 |
99,974 |
| 2014/15 |
120,764 |
| 2015/16 |
141,494 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Atherstone from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Atherstone is a railway station serving the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, England. It is on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, exactly 102 miles (164 km) from London Euston station, as a placard on an adjacent building states. The station is conveniently near the A5 road.
The station was designed by John William Livock and opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1847. It was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway in the Grouping of 1923. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When British Rail introduced sectorisation in the 1980s, the station was served by the Regional Railways Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways.
In 1860 there was a train crash at Atherstone that killed 10 people.
The station building has been Grade II listed since 1980. In the early 1980s there was a proposal to demolish it, but a local group The Railway and Steam Traction Society successfully opposed it. Eventually the building was fully restored by 1985, with Donald Willets using it as offices.
London Midland provide an hourly service in each direction (including Sundays); southbound to London Euston via Nuneaton, Rugby and Milton Keynes Central, and northbound to Crewe via Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent.
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