Shakespeare’s station

SIR – Dr Heather Williams wonders why Stratford-upon-avon, one of the world’s leading tourist attractions, is so inaccessible by rail (Letters, October 17). Reopening the branch from the Cotswold line at Honeybourne would allow direct rail access to Stratford from Oxford and Worcester.

It is not the only example. Stonehenge also has no station – the closest would be the proposed Wilton Parkway station. And the Imperial War Museum at Duxford has no public transport at all, although Whittlesford Station is less than two miles away.

All of these are campaigns by the local rail user group and Railfuture.

Roger Smith

Editor, Rail User Express Meppershall, Bedfordshire