Atherstone is a stop on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line in North Warwickshire between Nuneaton and Tamworth.
DRS 88 004 brings a freight through Atherstone
Information
Type:
National Rail (West Coast Main Line)
Station code:
ATH
Opened:
1847
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1847. The original LNWR building has survived, despite plans in the 1980s to demolish it, and is now Grade II listed. The building is not used by the station anymore however and is an office for a private company.
Atherstone has two platforms on the slow lines of the West Coast Main Line. Access between the platforms is via a road bridge that takes a road under the railway lines.
Atherstone is nowadays served by the modern day London Northwestern Railway with an hourly service every day except Sunday between Crewe and London Euston.
Avanti WM Pendolino passes through on the fast lines
Freightliner 66 615 brings another freight through Atherstone
