Henley-in-Arden railway station
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Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, has had two railway stations. The first station, opened in 1894, was at the end of the 3.25 mile long Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway Company branch line from the GWR's main Oxford to Birmingham Railway line at Rowington
Rowington
Rowington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. It is five miles north-west of the town of Warwick and five miles south-west of the town of Kenilworth...
Junction.
The other station, the one familiar to us today, was opened in July 1908 as part of the North Warwickshire Line which, by joining the Stratford branch line from Honeybourne
Honeybourne
Honeybourne is a village and civil parish about east of Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Much of the parish is farmland. RAF Honeybourne just south of the village was operational from 1940 until 1947.-History:...
, became an important new main line from Birmingham to Bristol and the West of England.
On the opening of the new station, the old station was closed for passenger use, though it remained open for goods. The branch line, served from Lapworth railway station
Lapworth railway station
Lapworth railway station serves the village of Lapworth in Warwickshire, England. It has two platforms connected by footbridge. Most trains are those provided by Chiltern on its London Marylebone/Leamington Spa/Birmingham Snow Hill/Kidderminster route, but these are augemnted by a few London...
(called Kingswood until 1902), remained open for passenger and goods use until 1915. In April 2009 a new anti-vandal waiting shelter was unveiled.
More details about Henley-in-Arden can be found on the Henley-in-Arden Gateway Website.