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Yardley Wood railway station

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Place
  
Yardley Wood

Managed by
  
London Midland

2011/12
  
0.352 million

Opened
  
1908

Local authority
  
Birmingham

Zone
  
3

Grid reference
  
SP099803

DfT category
  
E

2012/13
  
0.363 million

Number of platforms
  
2

Station code
  
YRD

Yardley Wood railway station

Address
  
Birmingham B28 0BX, United Kingdom

Pte
  
Transport for West Midlands

Similar
  
Spring Road railway st, Hall Green railway station, Whitlocks End railway st, The Hawthorns station, Acocks Green railway st

Yardley Wood railway station serves the Yardley Wood area of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. Located on the North Warwickshire Line, the station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

Contents

The station platforms are accessed by ramps from Highfield Road, which crosses over the railway on a bridge just north of the station. The ticket office is located at road level, adjacent to the bridge.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 July 1908, along with the line, and was originally known as Yardley Wood Platform.... Platform being a GWR term for a station which was intermediate between a halt and a station in importance and facilities; the suffix was later dropped. Unlike the previous and following stations on the line (Shirley and Hall Green) Yardley Wood was never provided with goods facilities. Most of the original station buildings are still intact.

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes:

  • 3 trains per hour northbound to Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill continuing to Stourbridge Junction, with some trains continuing onward to Kidderminster and Worcester.
  • 3 trains per hour southbound to Whitlocks End, one of which continues to Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • On Sundays, there is an hourly train between Worcester, Birmingham, Shirley and Stratford-upon-Avon.

    References

    Yardley Wood railway station Wikipedia