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 was 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.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Adderley Park, Birmingham England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°28′59″N 1°51′18″W / 52.483°N 1.855°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP098872 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | ADD | ||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 August 1860 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.114 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 42,226 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  74,256 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.120 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.138 million | ||||
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It lies on Bordesley Green Road, part of the B4145.
History
editOpened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway following the Grouping of 1923. The line passed 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
editThe 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]
Passenger volume
edit| 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 114,200 | 42,226 | 74,256 | 120,046 |
Services
editAdderley Park is served by one train per hour, to Birmingham New Street westbound where one train extends to Rugeley Trent Valley and to Birmingham International eastbound. 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 westbound to Birmingham New Street and eastbound to Birmingham International with most services extending to Rugby and Northampton.[4][5][6]
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
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Following station | ||
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| Birmingham New Street | West Midlands Railway Rugeley Trent Valley/Birmingham New Street-Birmingham International |
Stechford | ||
| Birmingham New Street Terminus
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London Northwestern Railway London–Birmingham
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Stechford towards London Euston
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Notes
edit- ^ "Proposed changes to ticket office opening hours". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Rail ticket office cuts overruled". BBC News. 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 69" (PDF). Network Rail.
- ^ "Train times | from 21 May 2023 | Northampton-Rugby-Coventry-Birmingham". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Addderley Park".
References
edit- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
- 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
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Adderley Park railway station from National Rail
- Photographs of Adderley Park station at warwickshirerailways.com
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Adderley Park Station