Adderley Park railway station

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Adderley Park
National Rail
Adderley Park Station - geograph.org.uk - 1633463.jpg
LocationAdderley Park, Birmingham
England
Coordinates52°28′59″N 1°51′18″W / 52.483°N 1.855°W / 52.483; -1.855Coordinates: 52°28′59″N 1°51′18″W / 52.483°N 1.855°W / 52.483; -1.855
Grid referenceSP098872
Managed byWest Midlands Railway
Transit authorityTransport for West Midlands
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeADD
Fare zone2
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1 August 1860
Passengers
2016/17Increase 82,404
2017/18Increase 86,436
2018/19Increase 0.116 million
2019/20Decrease 0.114 million
2020/21Decrease 42,226
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Adderley Park railway station serves the Adderley Park area in the east of Birmingham, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. It was threatened with closure in 2004, but has now been given a reprieve (although its train service was reduced from half-hourly to hourly each way). The station will become the main railway station for the proposed City of Birmingham Stadium, if that is constructed.

It lies on Bordesley Green Road, part of the B4145.

History[]

Opened by the London and North Western Railway it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways on behalf of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, for whom British Rail had been running the trains since the PTE's inception. Services on the Intercity Sector would frequently pass through on the West Coast Main Line as these services, run by the current operator, continue to do.

Facilities[]

The station has a ticket office located at the entrance to platform 1 off Bordesley Green Road which is open Tuesday-Thursday 07:00-12:00, Friday 07:00-10:00, Saturday 12:00-14:00 and Sunday 09:00-14:00. When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket machine outside the ticket office which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train.

Cycle parking is available.

There is no step free access to either platforms. The nearest stations with full step free access are Duddeston, Birmingham New Street and Stechford.

London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office.[1] The request was denied.[2]

Services[]

Adderley park is served by one train per hour, to Birmingham New Street northbound which one train extends to Rugeley Trent Valley and to Birmingham International southbound. A limited service operates beyond Birmingham International towards Coventry and Northampton mainly at peak times and the start/end of service.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service northbound to Birmingham New Street and southbound to Birmingham International with most services extending to Rugby and Northampton.[3]

All services are operated by West Midlands Trains. Most services operate under the West Midlands Railway brand but some services (those which start/terminate at Rugby or Northampton) operate under the London Northwestern Railway brand.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Stechford   West Midlands Railway
Rugeley Trent Valley/Birmingham New Street-Birmingham International 		  Birmingham New Street
  London Northwestern Railway
Northampton-Birmingham New Street
Limited service 		 

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Proposed changes to ticket office opening hours". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Rail ticket office cuts overruled". 17 September 2012 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ GB eNRT May 2021 Edition, Table 68 (Network Rail)

References[]

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map

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