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Tyseley railway station

Coordinates: 52°27′14″N 1°50′20″W / 52.454°N 1.839°W / 52.454; -1.839
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Tyseley
National Rail
Tyseley Station pictured in 2022 looking Southbound
General information
LocationTyseley, City of Birmingham
England
Coordinates52°27′14″N 1°50′20″W / 52.454°N 1.839°W / 52.454; -1.839
Grid referenceSP109840
Managed byWest Midlands Trains
Transit authorityTransport for West Midlands
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeTYS
Fare zone2
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1906Opened by Great Western Railway
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.276 million
2019/20Increase 0.295 million
2020/21Decrease 67,234
2021/22Increase 0.124 million
2022/23Increase 0.148 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Tyseley railway station serves the district of Tyseley in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is at the junction of the lines linking Birmingham with Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon.

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). It is next to a railway depot and Tyseley Locomotive Works.

History

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The Great Western Railway opened the station in 1906. It is on what was the GWR main line between London Paddington and Birkenhead Woodside. It was built with four platforms, but later British Railways took platforms 1 and 2 out of use.

Since the mid-1990s traffic on the line has increased. In 2007–08 Network Rail resignalled the line between Birmingham and Warwick, modified the track at Tyseley and restored platforms 1 and 2 to use.

Trains to and from Solihull are now able to use the new 60 mph (97 km/h) Tyseley North Junction. Two new junctions have been built at each end of the station, which allow non-stopping services between Solihull and Birmingham Snow Hill to cross at 60 mph.

Services

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On Mondays to Saturdays, daytime service is generally three trains per hour.

Westbound:

Eastbound:

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.[3][4] Services used to run southbound towards Banbury, High Wycombe and Marylebone.

References

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  1. ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Tyseley". West Midlands Railway.
  2. ^ "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
  3. ^ "Timetable - 21 May 2023 - December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways.
  4. ^ "Our timetables have changed". Chiltern Railways.
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Acocks Green   West Midlands Railway
Stratford - Birmingham - Worcester via Kidderminster
Snow Hill lines
  Small Heath or
Birmingham Moor Street
  West Midlands Railway
Leamington to Worcester
 
Spring Road   West Midlands Railway
Stratford - Whitlocks End - Birmingham - Worcester via Kidderminster
  Small Heath
Heritage Railways  Heritage railways
Birmingham
Moor Street
  Vintage Trains
The Shakespeare Express
July–September
  Henley-in-Arden