Place Hill Hook Station code BKT DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SK106007 Managed by London Midland 2011/12 0.313 million | |
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Address Sutton Coldfield B74 4UP, United Kingdom Pte Transport for West Midlands Similar Butlers Lane railway st, Chester Road railway st, Gravelly Hill railway station, Four Oaks railway station, Wylde Green railway st | ||
Blake Street railway station serves the Hill Hook area of Sutton Coldfield, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line, located on the county boundary between the West Midlands and Staffordshire. The station is managed by London Midland, who operate all trains serving it.
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History
The station opened in 1884, when the London and North Western Railway extended their Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield line northward to Lichfield. In May 1978, Blake Street became one of the stations on the Cross-City Line, launched by the West Midlands PTE to link the Lichfield branch with the infrequently served suburban line to Kings Norton and Redditch. The northern end was subsequently extended to Lichfield Trent Valley in 1988 and electrified on the 25Kv AC system in 1992. The signalling at the station is set up so that trains can terminate or start from here, but the facility is only rarely used in the current (May 2016) timetable (just one each way Monday-Saturday).
Services
Trains operate every 15 minutes (Monday–Saturday), with four trains per hour southbound; two to Longbridge and two to Redditch. Northbound there are four trains per hour as well: two to Lichfield Trent Valley and two to Lichfield City. On Sundays, trains run every 30 minutes between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch.
The typical journey time to Birmingham New Street is 29 minutes.