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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 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. ==History== The first line to reach Stratford was the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway branch from 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). The station was expanded, and a third platform added, when the GWR opened the North Warwickshire Line from Birmingham to Cheltenham in 1908. This put Stratford on a main line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/stratforduponavon_station.htm )〕 Through services to Cheltenham were withdrawn in 1962, and passenger services south of Stratford ceased altogether on 5 May 1969, when the service to Honeybourne, and was withdrawn. However the line remained open for freight until 1976, when a serious freight train derailment led to British Rail closing the line entirely, leaving Stratford as the southern terminus of the lines from Birmingham and Hatton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gwrarchive.org/site/sitel2pg/uk/gwr/strat/strat.php )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/market%20studies/regional%20urban%20market%20study%20consultation%20responses/m/michael%20brockington%20-%20member%20of%20public.pdf )〕 Between 1873 and 1952 Stratford was also served by Stratford Old Town railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR). A new Stratford Parkway railway station north of the town, next to the A46 road was opened on 19 May 2013. It is intended to ease congestion, as passengers from outside Stratford will no longer need to drive into the town to catch a train. Rail services between Birmingham and Stratford have been increased from hourly to half hourly in conjunction with the opening of the new parkway station.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-22575944 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://stratfordparkway.wordpress.com/the-scheme/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stratford-upon-Avon railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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