Whitlocks End is a station on the North Warwickshire or Shakespeare Line between Shirley and Wythall in the West Midlands.
WMR 172 214 arrives at Whitlocks End
Information
Type:
National Rail (Shakespeare Line)
Station code:
WTE
Opened:
1936
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the GWR in 1936 to serve the hamlet of the same name and the nearby village of Hollywood. The station was opened as Whitlocks End Halt [1] but this was changed in 1968 when the Halt part of the name was dropped. Since the station has been built the number of housing nearby has increased notably, including the new "village" of Dickens Heath.
As well as through services to Stratford-upon-Avon a number of services every hour from Birmingham terminate at Whitlocks End. These return to Birmingham from Platform 2 travelling "wrong way" a short distance until crossing over just North of the station.
Originally the station had short and low timber edged platforms [2]. The station was rebuilt in 1999 and has had a number of ramps added to aid accessibility as the station is in a cutting below the road bridge which allows interchange between the two platforms. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway.
View down the platforms in the direction of Stratford
Train at the station
A Birmingham bound Class 172 arrives
View down the platform
WMR 172 344 departs for Birmingham
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham (Moor Street) (Middleton Press, 2006) p. 70 [2] Ibid p. 69
