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Old Budbrooke Road, WARWICK, CV35 8RH

With the mature evergreen trees of Warwick cemetery on the skyline beyond. Stanks Farm is on the right.

Intended to relieve pressure on nearby stations at Warwick and Leamington Spa, this brand new station is just off the A46 Warwick bypass. In this view, looking west, a train for Leamington, Banbury and London Marylebone is about to depart.

Looking north through the subway between the platforms at Warwick Parkway railway station (see text below). The station opened in 2000 and is located a mile or so from junction 15 of the M40 motorway. The site was chosen for its proximity to main roads and the station was built to encourage passengers from car to rail travel and also to relieve pressure on the limited car parking space at Leamington Spa [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1519237] [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/25673] and Warwick [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1583234] stations. As a park-and-ride station, a key feature of Warwick Parkway is the very large surface carpark on the north side of the station site. The station is also served by local buses from the nearby 'commuter' villages of Hampton Magna and Hampton-on-the-Hill; the buses also serve Warwick and Leamington Spa. National Express coaches run from the station to Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Fee covered cycle storage is available at the front of the station and there is also a taxi rank. The station is staffed part-time and has wheelchair access to all public areas. The station is located on Old Budbrooke Road, 200 metres west of the junction of the A46 Warwick bypass and the A4177 Warwick to Birmingham road. The railway runs on an embankment through the station site. The booking hall is below the embankment on the north side of the line and the two facing platforms are at a higher level; the platforms overhang the sides of the embankment and are supported on piles. Stairways and lifts connect the booking hall to both platforms; a brick-faced subway through the embankment gives access to the stairs and lift on the south side of the line. The station is on the ex-GWR (Great Western Railway) London to Birmingham main line and is operated by Chiltern Railways. Up services run to London Marylebone via Leamington Spa, Banbury and Bicester; down services run to Birmingham Snow Hill via Solihull. Some peak hour services are extended beyond Birmingham to and from Smethwick, Stourbridge junction and Kidderminster. The minimum service is half-hourly in each direction with more frequent trains at peak times. Warwick Parkway station is owned as well as operated by Chiltern Railways; this makes it one of the few stations on a UK mainline railway not owned by Network Rail.

Passengers move towards the exit having disembarked from Class 168 Clubman dmu number 168 003

Opened in 2000 by Chiltern Railways on the line from Leamington Spa to Birmingham Snow Hill. View west towards Hatton and Birmingham.

The interior of the booking hall at Warwick Parkway railway station. The station opened in 2000 and is located a mile or so from junction 15 of the M40 motorway. The site was chosen for its proximity to main roads and the station was built to encourage passengers from car to rail travel and also to relieve pressure on the limited car parking space at Leamington Spa [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1519237] [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/25673] and Warwick [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1583234] stations. As a park-and-ride station, a key feature of Warwick Parkway is the very large surface carpark on the north side of the station site. The station is also served by local buses from the nearby 'commuter' villages of Hampton Magna and Hampton-on-the-Hill; the buses also serve Warwick and Leamington Spa. National Express coaches run from the station to Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Fee covered cycle storage is available at the front of the station and there is also a taxi rank. The station is staffed part-time and has wheelchair access to all public areas. The station is located on Old Budbrooke Road, 200 metres west of the junction of the A46 Warwick bypass and the A4177 Warwick to Birmingham road. The railway runs on an embankment through the station site. The booking hall is below the embankment on the north side of the line and the two facing platforms are at a higher level; the platforms overhang the sides of the embankment and are supported on piles. Stairways and lifts connect the booking hall to both platforms; a brick-faced subway through the embankment gives access to the stairs and lift on the south side of the line. The station is on the ex-GWR (Great Western Railway) London to Birmingham main line and is operated by Chiltern Railways. Up services run to London Marylebone via Leamington Spa, Banbury and Bicester; down services run to Birmingham Snow Hill via Solihull. Some peak hour services are extended beyond Birmingham to and from Smethwick, Stourbridge junction and Kidderminster. The minimum service is half-hourly in each direction with more frequent trains at peak times. Warwick Parkway station is owned as well as operated by Chiltern Railways; this makes it one of the few stations on a UK mainline railway not owned by Network Rail.

Looking down from the platform to the entrance and booking hall at Warwick Parkway railway station (see also below). The station opened in 2000 and is located a mile or so from junction 15 of the M40 motorway. The site was chosen for its proximity to main roads and the station was built to encourage passengers from car to rail travel and also to relieve pressure on the limited car parking space at Leamington Spa [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1519237] [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/25673] and Warwick [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1583234] stations. As a park-and-ride station, a key feature of Warwick Parkway is the very large surface carpark on the north side of the station site. The station is also served by local buses from the nearby 'commuter' villages of Hampton Magna and Hampton-on-the-Hill; the buses also serve Warwick and Leamington Spa. National Express coaches run from the station to Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Fee covered cycle storage is available at the front of the station and there is also a taxi rank. The station is staffed part-time and has wheelchair access to all public areas. The station is located on Old Budbrooke Road, 200 metres west of the junction of the A46 Warwick bypass and the A4177 Warwick to Birmingham road. The railway runs on an embankment through the station site. The booking hall is below the embankment on the north side of the line and the two facing platforms are at a higher level; the platforms overhang the sides of the embankment and are supported on piles. Stairways and lifts connect the booking hall to both platforms; a brick-faced subway through the embankment gives access to the stairs and lift on the south side of the line. The station is on the ex-GWR (Great Western Railway) London to Birmingham main line and is operated by Chiltern Railways. Up services run to London Marylebone via Leamington Spa, Banbury and Bicester; down services run to Birmingham Snow Hill via Solihull. Some peak hour services are extended beyond Birmingham to and from Smethwick, Stourbridge junction and Kidderminster. The minimum service is half-hourly in each direction with more frequent trains at peak times. Warwick Parkway station is owned as well as operated by Chiltern Railways; this makes it one of the few stations on a UK mainline railway not owned by Network Rail.

Looking southwest at the up (London-bound) platform at Warwick Parkway railway station. The photo shows how the platform is built on piles on an embankment (see below). Warwick Parkway opened in 2000 and is located a mile or so from junction 15 of the M40 motorway. The site was chosen for its proximity to main roads and the station was built to encourage passengers from car to rail travel and also to relieve pressure on the limited car parking space at Leamington Spa [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1519237] [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/25673] and Warwick [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1583234] stations. As a park-and-ride station, a key feature of Warwick Parkway is the very large surface carpark on the north side of the station site. The station is also served by local buses from the nearby 'commuter' villages of Hampton Magna and Hampton-on-the-Hill; the buses also serve Warwick and Leamington Spa. National Express coaches run from the station to Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Fee covered cycle storage is available at the front of the station and there is also a taxi rank. The station is staffed part-time and has wheelchair access to all public areas. The station is located on Old Budbrooke Road, 200 metres west of the junction of the A46 Warwick bypass and the A4177 Warwick to Birmingham road. The railway runs on an embankment through the station site. The booking hall is below the embankment on the north side of the line and the two facing platforms are at a higher level; the platforms overhang the sides of the embankment and are supported on piles. Stairways and lifts connect the booking hall to both platforms; a brick-faced subway through the embankment gives access to the stairs and lift on the south side of the line. The station is on the ex-GWR (Great Western Railway) London to Birmingham main line and is operated by Chiltern Railways. Up services run to London Marylebone via Leamington Spa, Banbury and Bicester; down services run to Birmingham Snow Hill via Solihull. Some peak hour services are extended beyond Birmingham to and from Smethwick, Stourbridge junction and Kidderminster. The minimum service is half-hourly in each direction with more frequent trains at peak times. Warwick Parkway station is owned as well as operated by Chiltern Railways; this makes it one of the few stations on a UK mainline railway not owned by Network Rail.