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Location notes
Wilnecote is a suburb of Tamworth and is located on the Birmingham to Derby main Line.
Railway type and traffic
There are regular passenger services-usually four per hour made up of two Voyager workings and two Central Trains 170s.
There is also a wide range of freight, including South Wales to North East steel, coal to Rugeley and Ironbridge, oil tanks to Kingsbury as well as departmental and Freightliner workings.
There is also a wide range of freight, including South Wales to North East steel, coal to Rugeley and Ironbridge, oil tanks to Kingsbury as well as departmental and Freightliner workings.
Environment
The footbridge is relatively quiet and links an industrial area to a relatively new housing estate.
Road directions
From the M42, junction 10:
Turn onto the A5 towards Tamworth, immediately leaving it to take the B5404 towards Wilnecote. You will pass the station on the left. Turn left at the traffic lights after the station onto the A51, then first left into Cottage Farm Road. The footbridge is at the end of the second small cul-de-sac on the left, almost opposite a road bizarrely called 'Cobia'.
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Wilnecote map co-ordinates
Turn onto the A5 towards Tamworth, immediately leaving it to take the B5404 towards Wilnecote. You will pass the station on the left. Turn left at the traffic lights after the station onto the A51, then first left into Cottage Farm Road. The footbridge is at the end of the second small cul-de-sac on the left, almost opposite a road bizarrely called 'Cobia'.
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Wilnecote map co-ordinates
Parking
The area is residential so should be fine so long as you do not block any driveways.
Public transport
Wilnecote station is served every 2 hours by trains from Birmingham to Tamworth, Derby and Nottingham.
There are regular buses also from Tamworth operated by Arriva. Services 8/9 operate every 10 minutes and serve Marlborough Way (the B5440) to the east of the station, services 116 (Tamworth to Birmingham) and 767 (Tamworth to Birmingham International) both operate hourly along the main road (A51).
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There are regular buses also from Tamworth operated by Arriva. Services 8/9 operate every 10 minutes and serve Marlborough Way (the B5440) to the east of the station, services 116 (Tamworth to Birmingham) and 767 (Tamworth to Birmingham International) both operate hourly along the main road (A51).
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Amenities
There is a Fish and Chip shop between the station and the traffic lights, also a Barbers on the A51.
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Photographic notes
The light is generally best for trains heading towards Birmingham as they pass through the station. The light is head-on about 1pm.
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking south
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
