Trains to Leamington Spa - Station Details and further Information on Leamington Spa Train Services
Leamington Spa train station serves the town of Leamington Spa, in Warwickshire, England. It is situated on Old Warwick Road towards the southern edge of the town centre.
As of December 2007, Leamington station is served by three passenger train operators: Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, and London Midland. Chiltern Railways operate the station, which is owned by Network Rail. Although the station is operated by Chiltern Railways, the stabling rights belong to London Midland. This unusual situation means that if Chiltern Railways wished to stable one of their trains at Leamington Spa, they would have to ask London Midland for permission to do so, and pay a fee for the privilege.
The original privatisation system resulted in the station being operated by Central Trains (London Midland's predecessor), with a half hourly service, along with an hourly Chiltern Railways service and an hourly Virgin Cross Country service. The huge expansion in investment by the Chiltern Railways franchise and the increase in services brought about resulted in Central Trains services mainly being cut back to Dorridge outside of peak hours, with Chiltern Railways operating two trains per hour to London Marylebone in place of the former local service. This also resulted in the transfer of operator of Warwick, Hatton, Lapworth and Leamington Spa stations to Chiltern Railways, as well as Birmingham Moor Street. This is the origin of the unusual stabling rights status of the station, an anomaly also existing at Shrewsbury station, with the majority service operator and station operator Arriva Trains Wales not holding the stabling rights, which belong to London Midland. |