Small Heath railway station serves the areas of Small Heath and Sparkbrook in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains, which runs all the services.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Small Heath, City of Birmingham England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°27′47″N 1°51′29″W / 52.463°N 1.858°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP096850 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | SMA | ||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1863 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.204 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  73,522 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.121 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.144 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.195 million | ||||
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History
editThe former Great Western Railway station building, opened in 1863 as Small Heath and Sparkbrook on the main line from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside, is on a bridge over the tracks shared with Golden Hillock Road (the B4145). The A45 Small Heath Highway runs alongside. To the other side is the site of the former BSA factory. Nearby are the largely disused sidings which served local industry in the area.
Queen Victoria alighted at the station on 23 March 1887, while making a royal visit to nearby Small Heath Park and the city of Birmingham.[1]
The station once had four platforms (both in an island configuration) in use, following the quadrupling of the line by the Great Western Railway in 1906, but only the western pair are now operational (as these are the only ones that trains can use to reach Moor Street & Snow Hill).[2]
Services
editOn Mondays to Saturdays, daytime service is generally three trains per hour.
West Midlands Railway run services as part of the Snow Hill Lines.
Northbound, there are three trains per hour to Birmingham Snow Hill. Trains continue to Kidderminster via Smethwick Galton Bridge and Stourbridge Junction, with 1tph continuing to Worcester via Droitwich Spa.[3][4]
Southbound, there is one train per hour to Dorridge via Solihull and two trains per hour to Whitlocks End via Shirley, with one of the Whitlocks End services extending to Stratford-upon-Avon via the North Warwickshire Line.
There is no Sunday service.
London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office in 2011.[5] This request was denied.[6]
References
edit- ^ Library of Birmingham [@TheIronRoom] (30 July 2024). "#MapOnATuesday Something slightly different this week - Sketch map shewing the route of the royal procession through Birmingham on the occasion of the visit of Queen Victoria, 23rd March, 1887 @LibraryofBham" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Small Heath railway station, Birmingham" Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 12 October 2016
- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Small Heath". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Proposed changes to ticket office opening hours". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ London Midland ticket office closure plans overruled BBC News article 17 September 2012
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Small Heath railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Small Heath railway station
- Warwickshire Railways page
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| Acocks Green or Tyseley |
West Midlands Railway Stratford - Birmingham - Worcester via Kidderminster Snow Hill Lines |
Bordesley or Birmingham Moor Street | ||
| West Midlands Railway Leamington to Worcester |
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