Jewellery Quarter station
General information | |
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Location | Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham England |
Coordinates | 52°29′23″N 1°54′49″W / 52.4897°N 1.9136°W |
Grid reference | SP059879 |
Managed by | West Midlands Trains |
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | JEQ |
Fare zone | 1 |
Classification | DfT category E |
Key dates | |
1995 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.514 million |
2019/20 | 0.539 million |
2020/21 | 0.120 million |
2021/22 | 0.284 million |
2022/23 | 0.321 million |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
West Midlands Metro tram stop | |
General information | |
Location | Jewellery Quarter Birmingham England |
Line(s) | Line 1 (Edgbaston Village – Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station) |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
Opened | 31 May 1999 |
Passengers | |
2015/16 | Approx. 900 daily[1] |
Jewellery Quarter station is a combined
The station is set at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel below the elevation of its road-level access point on Vyse Street; stairs and a lift are provided.
History
Jewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995, as part of the "
No previous station had existed at this site, however the area was historically served by
Facilities
The station has no car park, but ten cycle storage spaces are available.[3] The station has a ticket office, but this has limited opening hours; a self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the ticket hall is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Train running information is offered via automated announcements, CIS displays, timetable posters and customer help points on each side.
Outside the station entrance on Vyse Street is a sculpture called "Clockwork" by
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View east from the railway platform towards station buildings.
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The station frontage on Vyse Street, with to the right a grade II listed cast-iron urinal.
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"Clockwork" sculpture outside the station entrance.
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The former cast iron public urinal outside the station entrance
Services
Train
Most services are operated by West Midlands Trains.
The Monday to Saturday off-peak service sees trains approximately every 15 minutes in each direction.[5][6]
Eastbound:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) to Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street
- 2tph to Whitlocks End via Shirley
- of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via the North Warwickshire Line
- 2tph to Whitlocks End via Shirley
- 2tph to Dorridge via Solihull
- of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via Lapworth
- Two evening weekday West Midlands Railway services continue to Leamington Spa.
- of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via Lapworth
- 2tph to Dorridge via Solihull
Westbound:
- 4 trains per hour to Kidderminster via Smethwick Galton Bridge and Stourbridge Junction:
- of which two continue to Worcester Foregate Street via Droitwich Spa
- Some services reverse or terminate at Worcester Shrub Hill.
Chiltern serve the station with one nighttime service to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays only, from London Marylebone.[7]
Tram
On Mondays to Fridays, West Midlands Metro services in each direction between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays.[8]
See also
- Transport in Birmingham
- List of Midland Metro stations
References
- ^ "2016 West Midlands Travel Trends Covering Report" (PDF). West Midlands Combined Authority. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Jewellery Quarter Station 1995 - Present". Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ Jewellery Quarter station facilities Archived 11 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries
- ^ "PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OPPOSITE NUMBER 90 TO 94 (CONSECUTIVE)". Historic England. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Jewellery Quarter". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Timetable | 22 May 2023 - 8 December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Midland Metro timetable". Network West Midlands. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 110-111. OCLC 263292710.
External links
- Train times and station information for Jewellery Quarter station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Jewellery Quarter railway station