RailwayData | Polesworth Station
 Polesworth 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Polesworth had 188 entries and exits, making it the 2,563rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
2563/2575
It ranked 995th busiest (out of 997), with 6 scheduled services per week.
995/997
That's a daily average of 0.52 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 0.60 passengers per service, giving it the 1,613rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1613/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 126
Reduced price entries & exits: 12
Season ticket entries & exits: 50
Total entries & exits: 188
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +52 : 38.24%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1138501
2138501Out of Use
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
179Crewe, Stoke & Stafford - Rugeley - Nuneaton & LondonOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023:-3,117 (-94.31%)

Reasons for change:
2007-08 Ignore - Less than 15,000 E&X
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year
2012-13 Reason for decrease unclear - station with very low use
2017-18 Absolute change in passengers is small
2018-19 Absolute change in passengers is small
2019-20 Absolute change in passengers is small
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Polesworth
CRS: PSW / NLC: 1078 / TIPLOC(S): PWTH
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 426438 303207
Constituency: North Warwickshire
Local Authority: Warwickshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: LEC2 106m 33ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Polesworth during 2022/2023:
•Tamworth (71 journeys)
•Stafford (8 journeys)
•Atherstone (4 journeys)
•Nuneaton (4 journeys)
•University (Birmingham) (1 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Polesworth's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Atherstone4.19
Tamworth3.51