Yardley Wood railway station
Yardley Wood railway station serves the Yardley Wood area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. Located on the North Warwickshire Line, the station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains.
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| Location | |
| Place | Yardley Wood |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Grid reference | SP099803 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | YRD |
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1908 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Yardley Wood from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
The station platforms are accessed by ramps from Highfield Road, which crosses over the railway on a bridge just north of the station. The ticket office is located at road level, adjacent to the bridge.[1]
History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 July 1908, along with the line, and was originally known as Yardley Wood Platform.... Platform being a GWR term for a station which was intermediate between a halt and a station in importance and facilities;[2][3] the suffix was later dropped. Unlike the previous and following stations on the line (Shirley and Hall Green) Yardley Wood was never provided with goods facilities.[1] Most of the original station buildings are still intact.[2]
The station staff houses for the Station Master and Sub-Station Master, built on Highfield Road by GWR in 1907, were in use until around the late 1970s but were sold off as private houses shortly after this time. They still stand next to the station on Highfield Road
Services
During Monday to Saturday daytimes:
- 3 trains per hour northbound to Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill continuing to Stourbridge Junction, with some trains continuing onward to Kidderminster and Worcester.
- 3 trains per hour southbound to Whitlocks End, one of which continues to Stratford-upon-Avon.
On Sundays, there is an hourly train between Worcester, Birmingham, Shirley and Stratford-upon-Avon.[4]
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
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| Hall Green | West Midlands Railway North Warwickshire Line |
Shirley | ||
References
- "Yardley Wood Platform". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- "Yardley Wood". Rail around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "Spring Road Platform". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Yardley Wood railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Yardley Wood station
- Warwickshire Railways: Yardley Wood station