The Lakes railway station

Not to be confused with Lake railway station or Oxenholme Lake District railway station.

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.

The Lakes
The station in 2020
General information
Location	Earlswood Lakes, Stratford-on-Avon England
Coordinates	52.3591°N 1.8448°W / 52.3591; -1.8448
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
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[1]

Services

The service in each direction between Birmingham and Stratford runs hourly (including Sundays) with most northbound services running through to Kidderminster. Until the May 2023 timetable change it was a request stop, meaning passengers wishing to board a train here needed to signal their intent to board to the driver; those wishing to alight needing to inform the train conductor.^[2] In addition, due to the short length of the platforms, passengers boarding or alighting here must only do so through the front carriage.^[3] All services are operated by West Midlands Railway.^[4][5]