The Lakes railway station
The station in 2020 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Earlswood Lakes, Stratford-on-Avon England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°21′33″N 1°50′41″W / 52.3591°N 1.8448°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP106734 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | TLK | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 3 June 1935 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 13,058 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 3,138 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 9,298 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 10,532 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 14,476 | ||||
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The Lakes is a railway station located on the North Warwickshire Line in the north of Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. The nearest settlement is the village of Earlswood.
Opened by the Great Western Railway as The Lakes Halt on 3 June 1935. The station was built to serve the nearby Earlswood Lakes, which were a popular destination for daytrippers. As it was only designed to cater for local traffic, it was built with relatively short platforms, being only 130 feet (40 m) long.