Birmingham to Stratford Line

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Birmingham to Stratford Line
from north to south

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for Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line
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for Chiltern Main Line
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for Leamington to Stratford Line
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Tram-logo.gif - Connection with Midland Metro


The Birmingham to Stratford Line is a commuter railway line predominantly in the West Midlands region of England. It runs from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, now the southern terminus of the line, although the line originally continued to Cheltenham as part of the Great Western Railway route from Birmingham to Bristol. Services on the line are currently operated by Central Trains.

The cities, towns and villages served by the line are listed below.

Map of the Birmingham-Stratford line. Not to scale.

Current daytime service levels between Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham are one train per hour. On summer Sundays, a steam service operates between Birmingham and Stratford - see Birmingham Railway Museum.


Railway lines in Central England:
Main lines:  Cross-Country Route   Midland Main Line   West Coast Main Line
 Birmingham-Peterborough via Leicester Line   Birmingham-Worcester via Bromsgrove Line  
 Birmingham-Worcester via Kidderminster Line   Cherwell Valley Line   Chiltern Main Line  
 London-Aylesbury Line   Trent Valley Line   Welsh Marches Line   Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury Line
Commuter lines:  Birmingham-Rugeley "Chase" Line   Birmingham-Stratford Line   Birmingham-Walsall Line  
 Coventry-Nuneaton Line   Cross-City Line   Leicester-Loughborough "Ivanhoe" Line  
 Northampton Loop Line   Robin Hood Line   Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line  
 Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town Line   Walsall-Wolverhampton Line 
Rural lines:  Cotswold Line   Crewe-Derby Line   Derwent Valley Line   Leamington-Stratford Line  
 Marston Vale Line   Nottingham-Lincoln Line   Nottingham to Grantham Line  
 Oxford-Bicester Line   Princes Risborough-Aylesbury Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line