Stratford-on-Avon railway station
Stratford-upon-Avon 
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Station frontage.
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| Location | |
| Place | Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire |
| Local authority | Stratford-on-Avon |
| Grid reference | SP194551 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SAV |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.856 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.898 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.986 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.996 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.995 million |
| History | |
| 24 July 1861 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stratford-upon-Avon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Stratford-upon-Avon railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The station is operated by London Midland. Train services are provided by London Midland and Chiltern Railways.
Stratford-upon-Avon was once a through station on the Great Western Railway main line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Cheltenham, but has been the terminus of the line since 1976.
Two railway lines terminate at Stratford; the North Warwickshire Line from Birmingham and the Leamington-Stratford Line, which allows direct services to London via the Chiltern Main Line.
The first line to reach Stratford was the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway branch from Honeybourne to the south, which opened on 12 July 1859. This was soon followed by the Stratford Railway's branch from Hatton from the north, which opened on 9 October 1860. Both branches initially had separate termini, but they soon agreed to join the two branches and open a single station at the present site, which was opened on 24 July 1861. Both branches later came under the control of the Great Western Railway (GWR).
In 1908 the GWR opened the North Warwickshire Line, which incorporated parts of the two original branch lines into a new main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham. This put Stratford on a main line, and at this date, the station was expanded, and a third platform added.
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