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 Water Orton 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Water Orton had 39,384 entries and exits, making it the 2,030th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
2030/2575
It ranked 937th busiest (out of 997), with 93 scheduled services per week.
937/997
That's a daily average of 107.90 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 8.14 passengers per service, giving it the 1,037th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1037/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 32,948
Reduced price entries & exits: 4,346
Season ticket entries & exits: 2,090
Total entries & exits: 39,384
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +13,572 : 52.58%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down103374
Up100363Quoted length is Ramp to Ramp. Only 96m city-end ramp to SY278 signal.
*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
183Nottingham & Derby - BirminghamOct24
185Birmingham - Water Orton - NuneatonOct24
218Birmingham - Leicester - Peterborough, Cambridge & StanstedOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +5,385 (+15.84%)

Reasons for change:
2012-13 Reason for decrease unclear
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: Water Orton
CRS: WTO / NLC: 1121 / TIPLOC(S): WTRORTN
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 417508 291223
Constituency: North Warwickshire
Local Authority: Warwickshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: DBP3 34m 53ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Water Orton during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (10,249 journeys)
•Birmingham Moor Street (3,887 journeys)
•Birmingham Snow Hill (2,312 journeys)
•Coleshill Parkway (1,434 journeys)
•Nuneaton (220 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Water Orton's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Birmingham New Street7.86
Coleshill Parkway1.50
Kings Norton11.99
Nuneaton13.75
Wilnecote (Staffs)7.81