Bilbrook railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Bilbrook in

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. This unstaffed station is a little unusual in that the platforms are staggered either side of a road overbridge. It was known as Birches and Bilbrook Halt when opened, being renamed to Bilbrook on 6 May 1974.

Services

Bilbrook is typically served by one train per hour in each direction between

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and

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via

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which calls at all local stations from

. There's also an additional service in each direction in the morning and evening peak. These services are operated by

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with just 1

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service a day Monday-Saturday and 2 a day on Sunday's . On Sundays, there is one train every hour in each direction operated by

which again calls at all local stations from

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operate these services using

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Diesel Multiple Units, which are currently being withdrawn as the British Rail Class 196 Diesel Multiple Units enter service. . .

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but there is a ticket machine on platform 1 and covered waiting areas on both platforms. There is a nearby bus stop with services operated by

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