The Lakes railway station

The Lakes is a railway station located on the North Warwickshire Line in the north of Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. The nearest settlement is the village of Earlswood.

The Lakes
The station in 2020
Location	Earlswood Lakes, Stratford-on-Avon England
Coordinates	52.3591°N 1.8448°W
Grid reference	SP106734
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TLK
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	3 June 1935
Passengers
2015/16	12,812
2016/17	13,888
2017/18	13,062
2018/19	12,666
2019/20	13,058
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Opened by the Great Western Railway as The Lakes Halt on 3 June 1935. The station was built to serve the nearby Earlswood Lakes, which were a popular destination for daytrippers. As it was only designed to cater for local traffic, it was built with relatively short platforms, being only 130 feet (39 metres) long.

Services

The service in each direction between Birmingham and Stratford runs hourly (including Sundays) with most northbound services running through to Stourbridge Junction. It is a request stop: passengers wishing to board a train here must signal to the driver; those wishing to alight must inform the train conductor.[1] All services to the station are operated by West Midlands Railway

References

1. Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for The Lakes railway station from National Rail
• Photographs of The Lakes Halt at www.warwickshirerailways.com
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: The Lakes station