Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station
Smethwick Rolfe Street West Midlands Railway | |
|---|---|
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SMR |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 1852 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.625 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.638 million |
| 2020/21 |  0.143 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.292 million |
| 2022/23 | 0.402 million |
| Location | |
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| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Smethwick Rolfe Street is one of two railway stations serving the town of
History
The station was opened in July 1852[1] by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, & Stour Valley Railway Company (later absorbed by London and North Western Railway) as part of the Stour Valley Line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. It was rebuilt in its present form in 1890[1] when two level crossings in the centre of Smethwick were abolished. Drawings of the rebuilt station can be found on the Smethwick Rolfe Street Station gallery page of the Network Rail Corporate Archive.
In 1985, pupils from Parkside Junior School created a mural for Platform 1 under the direction of artist Jeremy Waygood as part of the Birmingham to Wolverhampton Corridor Initiative.[2]
In June 2017, this mural was removed and replaced by one created by students from
Work began in January 2022 to install lifts to allow step-free access to the station. The project is expected to be completed by July.[5]
Services
The station is served by two trains per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, by the local service between
. On Sundays, the service runs hourly.[6][7][8] These are operated by Class 350 and Class 730 EMUs.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street | West Midlands Railway Walsall/Birmingham - Wolverhampton |
Smethwick Galton Bridge | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Soho Line open, station closed |
London and North Western Railway & Great Western Railway | Smethwick West Line open, station closed | ||
References
- ^ a b Clinker, C (1958). Railways of the West Midlands a chronology 1808-1954. London: Stephenson Locomotive Society. pp. 21, 46.
- ^ "Young artists improve view". Smethwick Telephone. 25 July 1985.
- ^ "Latest news". www.londonmidland.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Community Rail Awards 2017 | ACoRP". acorp.uk.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ White, Chloe (4 January 2022). "West Midlands railway station to benefit from step-free access". RailAdvent. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Train Timetables and Schedules | Smethwick Rolfe Street". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train times | 10 December until 1 June 2024 | Rugeley to Birmingham New Street via Walsall". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train times | 10 December 2023 until 1 June 2024 | Wolverhampton to Birmingham via Smethwick". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Timetable | Birmingham to Liverpool | 21 May 2023 to 9 December 2023". London Northwestern Railway. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023.
External links
- Train times and station information for Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Smethwick Rolfe Street station
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