Earlswood (sometimes referred to as Earlswood (West Midlands) to distinguish it from another Earlswood station in Surrey) is a stop on the Shakespeare Line (the modern name for the North Warwickshire Line) between Wythall and The Lakes.
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| West Midlands Railway 172 102 with a Stratford bound service |
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| Type: | National Rail (Shakespeare Line) |
| Station code: | EMD |
| Opened: | 1908 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1908 as Earlswood Lakes, in 1974 it changed name to just Earlswood (the next station along the line The Lakes is actually next to the lakes). The station is now on the border between Warwickshire and the West Midlands - most of the platforms are in the former and the Northern approach roads in the latter.
The station originally had a goods yard and a cattle dock though these were closed in 1964 [1]. A signalbox on the site was closed in 1981. The station once had brick buildings with canopies on both platforms but all of these have now gone to be replaced by a couple of bus shelters. The Station Master's house still exists but is now a private dwelling.
The station is served by West Midlands Railway and is on the boundary of the West Midlands PTE area.
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| WMR 172 213 arrives with a Birmingham bound service |
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| The county boundary crosses the platforms more or less between the shelters |
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| Platform shelter on the Stratford platform |
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| A different design of shelter is on the Birmingham platform |
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| WMR 172 339 arrives |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Moor Street (Middleton Press, 2006) map. XVII
