Wood End railway station
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Wood End railway station serves the village of Wood End in Warwickshire
, England
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Situated on the Stratford-upon-Avon
to Birmingham
route, the station was opened after the First World War, and still has its original wooden sign. A concrete footbridge was added after World War II
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It is a request stop: passengers wishing to board a train here must signal to the driver; those wishing to alight must inform the train conductor.
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...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Situated on the Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
to Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
route, the station was opened after the First World War, and still has its original wooden sign. A concrete footbridge was added after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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It is a request stop: passengers wishing to board a train here must signal to the driver; those wishing to alight must inform the train conductor.