Stratford Parkway is a prospective new parkway railway station at Bishopton in the north of 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...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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It would be located on the Birmingham to Stratford Line

Birmingham to Stratford Line

The Birmingham to Stratford Line, also known as the North Warwickshire Line is a commuter railway line predominantly in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom...

, and would be adjacent to the A46

A46 road

The A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...

 trunk road. The close proximity to the trunk road network would draw in longer distance passengers who wish to commute into the West Midlands conurbation

West Midlands conurbation

The West Midlands conurbation is the name given to the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Solihull, Stourbridge, Halesowen in the English West Midlands....

, easing congestion.

It would provide Park and Ride

Park and ride

Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...

 facilities, with a large car park, thus saving people from driving into central Stratford to get the train (from the existing Stratford station

Stratford-upon-Avon railway station

Stratford-upon-Avon railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. It was once a through station on the Great Western Railway route from Birmingham to Cheltenham, but has been the terminus of the line since 1976.There are plans for a new...

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It is planned to have two platforms on the existing double tracked line.

See also

• Birmingham to Stratford Line
  Birmingham to Stratford Line
  The Birmingham to Stratford Line, also known as the North Warwickshire Line is a commuter railway line predominantly in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Snow Hill Lines
  Snow Hill Lines
  The Snow Hill Lines are railway lines running through Birmingham Snow Hill railway station, Birmingham, United Kingdom. All other lines to/through Birmingham use station.The three Snow Hill lines are:...