Jewellery Quarter station explained

Jewellery Quarter
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Symbol2:birmingham
Borough:Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
Country:England
Coordinates:52.4897°N -1.9136°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:West Midlands Trains
Platforms:2
Code:JEQ
Zone:1
Classification:DfT category E
Transit Authority:Transport for West Midlands
Years:1995
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13
Jewellery Quarter
Symbol Location:birmingham
Symbol Location2:gb
Symbol:birmingham
Type:West Midlands Metro tram stop
Address:Jewellery Quarter
Borough:Birmingham
Country:England
Line:Line 1 (Edgbaston Village – Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station)
Platforms:2
Opened:31 May 1999
Passengers:Approx. 900 daily[1]
Pass Year:2015/16

Jewellery Quarter station is a combined railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains (who operate the station), Chiltern Railways, and West Midlands Metro.

The station is set at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel below the elevation of its road-level access point on Vyse Street; stairs and a lift are provided.

History

Jewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995, as part of the "Jewellery Line" project which saw the re-introduction of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. Midland Metro services commenced in 1999, when its first (and so far only) line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton opened.[2]

No previous station had existed at this site, however the area was historically served by Hockley station, located a short distance west, which had been opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854, and was closed with the line in 1972.[2]

Facilities

The station has no car park, but ten cycle storage spaces are available.[3] The station has a ticket office, but this has limited opening hours; a self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the ticket hall is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Train running information is offered via automated announcements, CIS displays, timetable posters and customer help points on each side.

Outside the station entrance on Vyse Street is a sculpture called "Clockwork" by Mark Renn, which dates from 2004. There is also a Victorian cast iron public urinal, dating from around 1880, which is now disused but is grade II listed.[4]

Services

Train

West Midlands Railway

Most services are operated by West Midlands Trains.

The Monday to Saturday off-peak service sees trains approximately every 15 minutes in each direction.[5] [6]

Eastbound:

Westbound:

Chiltern Railways

Chiltern serve the station with one nighttime service to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays only, from London Marylebone.[7]

Tram

On Mondays to Fridays, West Midlands Metro services in each direction between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays.[8]

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 West Midlands Travel Trends Covering Report. West Midlands Combined Authority. 23 January 2017. 39. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011135/https://westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk/media/1512/papers-transport-delivery-committee-7-november-2016.pdf. 2 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Jewellery Quarter Station 1995 - Present. Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. 21 January 2017. 11 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170111170503/http://railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/jewellery_quarter.php. live.
  3. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/JEQ/details.html Jewellery Quarter station facilities
  4. Web site: PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OPPOSITE NUMBER 90 TO 94 (CONSECUTIVE) . Historic England . 18 September 2021 . 18 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210918060636/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076115 . live .
  5. Web site: Train timetables and schedules Jewellery Quarter. West Midlands Railway. 26 May 2023. 26 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230526151848/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Jewellery%20Quarter&crs=JEQ. live.
  6. Web site: Train times Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon 21 May until 9 December 2023. West Midlands Railway. 26 May 2023. 22 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230522115542/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3840/download?inline. live.
  7. Web site: Timetable 22 May 2023 - 8 December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham. Chiltern Railways. 26 May 2023. 22 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230522141338/https://timetables.chilternrailways.co.uk/#/timetables/2087/Table%202. live.
  8. Web site: Midland Metro timetable. Network West Midlands. 11 July 2019.