Spring Road railway station
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General information | |||||
Location | Acocks Green, Birmingham England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°26′40″N 1°50′10″W / 52.444371°N 1.836156°W | ||||
Grid reference | SP111828 | ||||
Managed by | West Midlands Trains | ||||
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SRI | ||||
Fare zone | 3 | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1908 | ||||
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Spring Road is a small
History
The station was opened in 1908 as a halt named Spring Road Platform to ease traffic from the station at Tyseley, and to serve a cluster of cottages on the nearby land, which were owned until 1925 by the landowner at Fox Hollies Hall, Zaccheus Walker IV. The station consisted of two platforms with shelters, with ramps leading from street level to the station below. Passengers had to purchase their tickets on the train.
The station served as a request stop for the
At the end of the
In the 1950s, a permanent ticket-office was placed at the top of the ramp leading to Platform 1 (towards
Workers at the factory first used the station to travel to and from work, which kept the station open during the era of the
Services
West Midlands Trains run local services every 30 minutes as part of the Snow Hill lines:[1][2]
The off-peak service pattern Mondays to Saturdays is as follows:
- 2 trains per hour westbound to Kidderminster via Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stourbridge Junction, with some evening services continuing onward to Worcester.
- 2 trains per hour eastbound to Whitlocks End, one of which continues to Stratford-upon-Avon.
On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way – westbound to Worcester Foregate Street via Birmingham, and southbound to Stratford-upon-Avon.[3]
References
- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Spring Road". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ Table 73 National Rail timetable, May 2023
External links
- Train times and station information for Spring Road railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Spring Hill railway station
- Warwickshire Railways page
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Following station | ||
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Tyseley | West Midlands Railway Worcester - Kidderminster - Birmingham - Whitlocks End - Stratford Snow Hill lines |
Hall Green |