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Bordesley railway station
Railway station in Birmingham, England
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Railway station in Birmingham, England
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Bordesley | ||
| symbol_location | gb | ||
| symbol | rail | ||
| image | Bordesley DVT.jpg | ||
| caption | The station in 2022 preparing for football fans to arrive. | ||
| borough | Bordesley, City of Birmingham | ||
| country | England | ||
| coordinates | |||
| grid_name | Grid reference | ||
| grid_position | |||
| manager | West Midlands Railway | ||
| platforms | 2 | ||
| tracks | 3 | ||
| code | BBS | ||
| zone | 2 | ||
| classification | DfT category F2 | ||
| transit_authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||
| opened | 1855 | ||
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2020/21 | passengers= 120}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2021/22 | passengers= 10,038}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2022/23 | passengers= 9,088}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2023/24 | passengers= 15,116}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2024/25 | passengers= 29,062}} |
| footnotes | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | ||
| mapframe | yes | ||
| mapframe-zoom | 13 |
| mapframe-zoom = 13
Bordesley railway station is a small railway station serving the area of Bordesley in Birmingham, England located between Birmingham Moor Street and Small Heath stations. The current minimal level of service at the station is provided by West Midlands Trains services between Whitlocks End and Kidderminster via . The station is the least used in the West Midlands county with only 9,088 passengers using it annually.
The station opened in 1855, was resited in 1915, and downgraded in the 1960s.
The surviving single island platform is above street level, as the railway line here is on a viaduct, and lies south of Coventry Road. The only public access is from Coventry Road, directly underneath the railway bridge.
History
Bordesley station was opened in 1855 by the Great Western Railway on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside). It was originally a two platform station, north of Coventry Road, but was rebuilt south of Coventry Road in 1915 as a four platform station with two island platforms when the line was upgraded to four tracks. The station once had extensive cattle sidings adjacent to and on Duddeston Viaduct. This viaduct was intended to link the line from Bordesley to the Derby Line but was left incomplete when it was realised that trains would be unable to serve Birmingham Curzon Street railway station, where rail services then terminated.
The station still carries the painted lettering "Bordesley Cattle Station GWR" and "BR(W) Bordesley Cattle Station", from the time when, as part of the Great Western Railway and later British Rail's (Western) region, it was used to bring cattle from the countryside to the Bull Ring markets.
The station was downgraded in the 1960s to minimal facilities and services, and one island platform was taken out of use.
Services
Since May 2007, the station has been served by a single weekly parliamentary train in one direction only. Currently this is the 13:47 train from to which calls at Bordesley at 14:08 on Saturdays only.
The station primarily serves as a match day stop for nearby St Andrew's stadium of Birmingham City Football Club, and additional services stop there when there are home fixtures.
Possible future development
Bordesley station may be closed or relocated if the proposed Bordesley chords are constructed. These chords would connect the Camp Hill line to Birmingham Moor Street station, and would pass right over the site of the present station.
References
References
- "Bordesley station".
- "Bordesley Station: Looking towards Moor Street station with the down and up relief island platforms on the left and the main down and up island platforms on the right".
- "Train timetables and schedules {{!}} Bordesley".
- (25 July 2019). "£2 billion Midlands Rail Hub plans set out". Modern Railways.
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