Gravelly Hill railway station explained

Gravelly Hill
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	Gravelly Hill, Birmingham
Country:	England
Coordinates:	52.515°N -1.853°W
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Platforms:	2
Code:	GVH
Zone:	2
Classification:	DfT category E
Manager:	West Midlands Railway
Transit Authority:	Transport for West Midlands
Years:	1862
Events:	Opened
Years2:	1992
Events2:	Electrification
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	13

Gravelly Hill railway station is a station below the surrounding ground level and can be accessed by a staircase or ramp to reach the platforms. It serves the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.

History

Opened in 1862, the station was built by the London and North Western (LNWR) railway company on their line between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield.^[1] The only remaining original feature is the booking office building, which is unusual in having 2 storeys, and having access to the ticket office via the upper level.^[1] Other buildings and an early wooden footbridge were removed with the electrification of the Cross City line in 1992 by British Rail. The waiting areas on the platforms were replaced by modern "bus shelter" type structures on each platform. The footbridge was replaced by a modern metal structure.

Facilities

Access for disabled passengers

There are ramps providing step-free access to both platforms and to the ticket office from the Hunton Hill entrance to the station.^[2]

Gravelly Hill has been classified as a step-free access category B1 station. This means that there is step-free access to all platforms, but that this may include long or steep ramps, as is the case here.^[3]

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated by and Electric multiple units.^{[4] [5]}

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 4tph northbound to via, departing from Platform 2.
  • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to via .
• 4tph southbound to via and, departing from Platform 1.
  • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to via, calling at all stations.
    • 2tph continue to calling at all stations except, 1tph does not call at .

Sundays:

• 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
• 2tph southbound to Redditch.

Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.

The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 11 minutes.^{[6] [7]}

References

• An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Stations Vol. One Dr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001)

External links

• Gravelly Hill station at warwickshirerailways.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrew Doherty . Gravelly Hill Station . Rail Around Birmingham . 4 October 2009.
2. Book: Disabled Persons Protection Policy . London Midland . November 2007 . 13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101126022925/http://www.londonmidland.com/download/54.6/dppp061107pdf/ . 26 November 2010 . dead . dmy-all.
3. Web site: Gravelly Hill Train Station. West Midlands Railway.
4. Web site: Class 323 fleet . West Midlands Railway.
5. Web site: Class 730 fleet . West Midlands Railway.
6. Web site: Train Timetables and Schedules Gravelly Hill. West Midlands Railway .
7. Web site: Train Times The Cross City Line 30 December 2023 until 1 June 2024 . West Midlands Railway.