Gravelly Hill railway station
Gravelly Hill  | |
|---|---|
 Gravelly Hill station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Gravelly Hill, Birmingham England |
| Coordinates | 52°30′54″N 1°51′11″W / 52.515°N 1.853°W |
| Grid reference | SP100908 |
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway |
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | GVH |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| Key dates | |
| 1862 | Opened |
| 1992 | Electrification |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.908 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.912 million |
| 2020/21 |  0.138 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.279 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.357 million |
| Location | |
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| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Gravelly Hill railway station serves the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.
History
Opened in 1862, the station was built by the London and North Western (LNWR) railway company on their line between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield.[1] The only remaining original feature is the booking office building, which is unusual in having 2 storeys, and having access to the ticket office via the upper level.[1] Other buildings and an early wooden footbridge were removed with the electrification of the Cross City line in 1992 by British Rail. The waiting areas on the platforms were replaced by modern "bus shelter" type structures on each platform. The footbridge was replaced by a modern metal structure.
Facilities
Access for disabled passengers
There are ramps providing step-free access to both platforms and to the ticket office from the Hunton Hill entrance to the station.[2]
Gravelly Hill has been classified as a step-free access category B1 station. This means that there is step-free access to all platforms, but that this may include long or steep ramps, as is the case here.[3]
Services
The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated by Class 323 Electric multiple units.
The off-peak service pattern is as follows:
Mondays to Saturdays:
- 4tph northbound to Four Oaks via Sutton Coldfield, departing from Platform 2.
- Of which:
- 2tph continue to Lichfield Trent Valley via Lichfield City.
- Of which:
- 4tph southbound to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street and University, departing from Platform 1.
- Of which:
- 2tph continue to Redditch via Alvechurch, calling at all stations.
- 2tph continue to Bromsgrove calling at all stations except Duddeston, 1tph does not call at Barnt Green.
- Of which:
Sundays:
- 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
- 2tph southbound to Redditch.
Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.
The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 11 minutes.[4][5]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erdington | West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line |
Aston | ||
References
- ^ a b Andrew Doherty. "Gravelly Hill Station". Rail Around Birmingham. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ Disabled Persons Protection Policy. London Midland. November 2007. p. 13. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010.
- ^ "Gravelly Hill Train Station". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train Timetables and Schedules | Gravelly Hill". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train Times | The Cross City Line | 30 December 2023 until 1 June 2024". West Midlands Railway.
- An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Stations Vol. One Dr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001) ISBN 0-86093-168-4
External links
- Train times and station information for Gravelly Hill railway station from National Rail
- Gravelly Hill station at warwickshirerailways.com