Gravelly Hill railway station
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General information | |||||
Location | Gravelly Hill,Birmingham England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°30′54″N1°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 categoryE | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1862 | Opened | ||||
1992 | Electrification | ||||
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Gravelly Hill railway stationis a station below the surrounding ground level and can be accessed by a staircase or ramp to reach the platforms. It serves theGravelly Hillarea ofBirmingham,England.It is situated on theRedditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-LichfieldCross-City Line.
History
[edit]Opened in 1862, the station was built by theLondon and North Western(LNWR) railway company on their line between Birmingham andSutton 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 byBritish 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
[edit]Access for disabled passengers
[edit]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
[edit]The station is served byWest Midlands Trainswith localTransport for West Midlandsbranded "Cross-City" services, operated byClass 323andClass 730Electric multiple units.[4][5]
The off-peak service pattern is as follows:
Mondays to Saturdays:
- 4tph northbound toFour OaksviaSutton Coldfield,departing from Platform 2.
- Of which:
- 2tph continue toLichfield Trent ValleyviaLichfield City.
- Of which:
- 4tph southbound toLongbridgeviaBirmingham New StreetandUniversity,departing from Platform 1.
- Of which:
- 2tph continue toRedditchviaAlvechurch,calling at all stations.
- 2tph continue toBromsgrovecalling at all stations exceptDuddeston,1tph does not call atBarnt 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.[6][7]
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Erdington | West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks –Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line |
Aston |
References
[edit]- ^abAndrew Doherty."Gravelly Hill Station".Rail Around Birmingham.Retrieved4 October2009.
- ^Disabled Persons Protection Policy.London Midland. November 2007. p. 13. Archived fromthe originalon 26 November 2010.
- ^"Gravelly Hill Train Station".West Midlands Railway.
- ^"Class 323 fleet".West Midlands Railway.
- ^"Class 730 fleet".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. OneDr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001)ISBN0-86093-168-4
External links
[edit]- Train timesandstation informationfor Gravelly Hill railway station fromNational Rail
- Gravelly Hill stationat warwickshirerailways.com