Editing Stratford-upon-Avon (section)

===Railway===
[[File:Stratford-upon-Avon_railway_station,_June_2022.jpg|thumb|right|Stratford-upon-Avon railway station]]
Stratford now has two [[railway stations]]: {{rws|Stratford-upon-Avon}} is the main town centre station and {{rws|Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway}} lies on the town's north-western outskirts, with [[park and ride]] facilities.

Both stations are served by the following [[train operating companies]]:
* [[West Midlands Trains]] provides services to {{rws|Solihull}}, Birmingham ([[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Snow Hill]] and [[Birmingham Moor Street railway station|Moor Street]]), {{rws|Kidderminster}} and {{rws|Worcester Foregate Street}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Train timetables and schedules|work=West Midlands Railway|date=10 December 2023|access-date=10 December 2023|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables}}</ref>
* [[Chiltern Railways]] operates a route to {{rws|Warwick}} and {{rws|Leamington Spa}}; some direct trains travel daily to/from [[Marylebone railway station|London Marylebone]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Download our timetables|work=Chiltern Railways|date=10 December 2023|access-date=10 December 2023|url=https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/before-you-travel/download-our-timetable}}</ref>

Stratford station is now the southern terminus of two branch lines from Birmingham and {{rws|Hatton|England}}; up to 1976, the line formerly continued south of the town to join the [[Cotswold Line]] at {{rws|Honeybourne}}, until this link was closed and dismantled.<ref name="GWRa">{{cite web|title=The Restoration & Archiving Trust Stratford Branch|url=https://www.gwrarchive.org/site/sitel2pg/uk/gwr/strat/strat.php|publisher=GWR archive|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> 
There has been a campaign in recent years to restore the Honeybourne link, which would entail rebuilding {{convert|6|mile}} of track.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stratford to Honeybourne|url=https://www.shakespeareline.com/stratford-to-honeybourne-2/|newspaper=Shakespeare Line Promotion Group|access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>

Stratford-upon-Avon's railway service has been criticised by the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and others for its limited direct services to [[London]], which consists of a handful of daily direct trains, with connections available from Leamington Spa. In 2018, the RSC described the services to the station as "woefully inadequate" for an international tourist destination.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RSC urges GWR to provide Stratford improvements|url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/rsc-urges-gwr-to-provide-stratford-improvements|access-date=2019-07-18|website=railmagazine.com}}</ref>

Until 1952, the town was also served by [[Stratford Old Town railway station]] of the former [[Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Warwickshire Railways|url=http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/stratfordmidland.htm|website=Warwickshirerailways.com}}</ref>