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Tyseley railway station
Railway station in Birmingham, England
Railway station in Birmingham, England
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Tyseley | ||
| symbol_location | gb | ||
| symbol | rail | ||
| image | Tyseley Station 2022.jpg | ||
| caption | Tyseley Station pictured in 2022 looking Southbound | ||
| borough | Tyseley, City of Birmingham | ||
| country | England | ||
| coordinates | |||
| grid_name | Grid reference | ||
| grid_position | |||
| manager | West Midlands Trains | ||
| platforms | 4 | ||
| code | TYS | ||
| zone | 2 | ||
| classification | DfT category E | ||
| transit_authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||
| years | 1906 | ||
| events | Opened by Great Western Railway | ||
| <!--{{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2019/20 | passengers= 0.295 million}}-- |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2020/21 | passengers= 67,234}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2021/22 | passengers= 0.124 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2022/23 | passengers= 0.148 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2023/24 | passengers= 0.198 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2024/25 | passengers= 0.244 million}} |
| footnotes | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | ||
| mapframe | yes | ||
| mapframe-zoom | 13 |
| mapframe-zoom = 13
Tyseley railway station serves the district of Tyseley in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is at the junction of the lines linking Birmingham with and .
West Midlands Trains manages the station and operates all of the trains that serve it.
The main station building is on a bridge over the tracks, on the Wharfedale Road (B4146). The station, which has two island platforms, is next to a railway depot and Tyseley Locomotive Works.
History
The Great Western Railway opened the station in 1906. It is on what was the GWR main line between and . It was built with four platforms, but later British Railways took platforms 1 and 2 out of use.
At the time of opening, the area surrounding the station, Yardley Rural District, was outside Birmingham, becoming part of the city in April 1912 under the 1911 Greater Birmingham Act.
Since the mid-1990s traffic on the line has increased. In 2007–08 Network Rail resignalled the line between Birmingham and , modified the track at Tyseley and restored platforms 1 and 2 to use.
Trains to and from are now able to use the new 60 mph Tyseley North Junction. Two new junctions have been built at each end of the station, which allow non-stopping services between Solihull and to cross at 60 mph.
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, daytime service is generally three trains per hour.
Westbound:
- Three trains per hour (tph) run to via and , with 1tph continuing to and/or via . One late evening service extends to via .
Eastbound:
- 1tph run to via .
- 2tph run to via , with one extending to .
On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way - eastbound to Stratford-upon-Avon via Shirley and westbound to Worcester Foregate Street.
Tyseley is no longer served by Chiltern Railways services as of the May 2023 timetable change. Services used to run southbound towards , and .
References
References
- "Relationships and changes Yardley CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
- "Train timetables and schedules {{!}} Tyseley".
- "Train times {{!}} Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon {{!}} 21 May until 9 December 2023".
- "Timetable - 21 May 2023 - December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham".
- "Our timetables have changed".
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