Adderley Park railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Birmingham, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Adderley Park
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Adderley Park Station - geograph.org.uk - 1633463.jpg
| borough = Adderley Park, Birmingham
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.483|-1.855|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SP098872|25|SP098872}}
| manager = West Midlands Railway
| platforms = 2
| code = ADD
| zone = 2
| classification = DfT category E
| transit_authority = Transport for West Midlands
| opened = 1 August 1860
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.114 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 42,226}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 74,256}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.120 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.138 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-zoom = 13
}}
Adderley Park railway station serves the Adderley Park area in the east of Birmingham, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. It was threatened with closure in 2004, but was given a reprieve (although its train service was reduced from half-hourly to hourly each way). The station will become the main railway station for the proposed City of Birmingham Stadium, if that is constructed.
It lies on Bordesley Green Road, part of the B4145.
History
Opened by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
following the Grouping of 1923. The line passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways on behalf of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, for whom British Rail had been running the trains since the PTE's inception. Services on the Intercity Sector would frequently pass through on the West Coast Main Line as these services, run by the current operator, continue to do.
Facilities
The station has a ticket office located at the entrance to platform 1 off Bordesley Green Road which is open Tuesday-Thursday 07:00-12:00, Friday 07:00-10:00, Saturday 12:00-14:00 and Sunday 09:00-14:00. When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket machine outside the ticket office which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train.
Cycle parking is available.
There is no step free access to either platforms. The nearest stations with full step free access are {{rws|Duddeston}}, {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} and {{rws|Stechford}}.
London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office.{{cite web|url=http://www.londonmidland.com/your-journey/proposed-changes-to-ticket-office-opening-hours |title=Proposed changes to ticket office opening hours |access-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070757/http://www.londonmidland.com/your-journey/proposed-changes-to-ticket-office-opening-hours/ |archive-date=11 August 2011 }} The request was denied.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-19627116|title=Rail ticket office cuts overruled|work=BBC News |date=17 September 2012}}
Passenger volume
| class="wikitable"
|+Passenger Volume at Adderley Park{{Cite web |title=Estimates of station usage {{!}} ORR Data Portal |url=https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage |access-date=31 Jul 2024 |website=dataportal.orr.gov.uk}} ! !2019-20 !2020-21 !2021-22 !2022-23 |
| Entries and exits
|114,200 | 42,226 | 74,256 | 120,046 |
Services
Adderley Park is served by one train per hour, to {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} westbound where one train extends to {{rws|Rugeley Trent Valley}} and to {{rws|Birmingham International}} eastbound. A limited service operates beyond {{rws|Birmingham International}} towards {{rws|Coventry}} and {{rws|Northampton}} mainly at peak times and the start/end of service.
On Sundays, there is an hourly service westbound to {{rws|Birmingham New Street}} and eastbound to {{rws|Birmingham International}} with most services extending to {{rws|Rugby}} and {{rws|Northampton}}.{{cite web|url=https://sacuksprodnrdigital0001.blob.core.windows.net/electronic-national-rail-timetable/electronic%20National%20Rail%20Timetable/01.%20May%202023/London%20North%20West%20route/069%20Wolverhampton%20and%20Birmingham%20to%20Walsall,%20Cannock%20and%20Rugeley.pdf|title=GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 69 |work=Network Rail}}{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3845/download?inline|title=Train times {{!}} from 21 May 2023 {{!}} Northampton-Rugby-Coventry-Birmingham|website=West Midlands Railway}}{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Adderley%20Park&crs=ADD|title=Train timetables and schedules {{!}} Addderley Park}}
All services are operated by West Midlands Trains. Most services operate under the West Midlands Railway brand but some services (those which start/terminate at {{rws|Rugby}} or {{rws|Northampton}}) operate under the London Northwestern Railway brand.
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|note-row1={{rail line|next={{rws|Stechford}}|previous={{rws|Birmingham New Street}} |route=West Midlands Railway
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|line2=London Northwestern Railway|type2=London - Birmingham|left2=Birmingham New Street|right2=Stechford
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Notes
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References
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#409,287,1 Station on navigable O.S. map]
External links
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- [http://warwickshirerailways.com/lms/adderleypark.htm Photographs of Adderley Park station] at warwickshirerailways.com
- [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/adderley_park.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Adderley Park Station]
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Category:Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:DfT Category E stations
Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations