Place Bordesley Station code BBS DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SP084860 Managed by London Midland 2011/12 14,134 | |
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Address Birmingham B11 1AX, United Kingdom Pte Transport for West Midlands Similar Spring Road railway st, Tyseley railway station, Langley Green railway st, The Hawthorns station, Acocks Green railway st | ||
Bordesley railway station is a small railway station serving the area of Bordesley in Birmingham, England located between Birmingham Moor Street and Small Heath stations. The current minimal level of service at the station is provided by London Midland services between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.
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The single island platform is above street level, as the railway line here is on a viaduct. The only public access is from Coventry Road, directly underneath the railway bridge.
Services
Since May 2007, the station has been served by a single weekly parliamentary train in one direction only. Currently this is the 13:19 train from Whitlocks End to Great Malvern which calls at Bordesley at 13:37 on Saturdays only.
The station primarily serves as a match day stop for nearby St Andrew's stadium of Birmingham City Football Club, and additional services stop there when there are home fixtures.
History
Bordesley station was opened in 1855 by the Great Western Railway on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside). It was originally a two platform station, but was rebuilt as a four platform station with two island platforms when the line was upgraded to four tracks during 1915. The station once had extensive cattle sidings adjacent to and on Duddeston Viaduct.
The station still carries the painted lettering "BR(W) Bordesley Cattle Station", and "Bordesley Cattle Station GWR" from the time when, as part of the Great Western Railway and later British Rail's (Western) region, it was used to bring cattle from the countryside to the Bull Ring markets.
The station was downgraded in the 1960s to minimal facilities and services, and one island platform was taken out of use. Its main function since has been to cater for football fans travelling to Birmingham City's St Andrews football ground on match days.