Tyseley railway station explained

Tyseley
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Tyseley, City of Birmingham
Country:England
Coordinates:52.454°N -1.839°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:West Midlands Trains
Platforms:4
Code:TYS
Zone:2
Classification:DfT category E
Transit Authority:Transport for West Midlands
Years:1906
Events:Opened by Great Western Railway
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
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Mapframe-Zoom:13

Tyseley railway station serves the district of Tyseley in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is at the junction of the lines linking Birmingham with and .

West Midlands Trains manages the station and operates all of the trains that serve it.

The main station building is on a bridge over the tracks, on the Wharfedale Road (B4146). It is next to a railway depot and Tyseley Locomotive Works.

History

The Great Western Railway opened the station in 1906. It is on what was the GWR main line between and . It was built with four platforms, but later British Railways took platforms 1 and 2 out of use.

Since the mid-1990s traffic on the line has increased. In 2007–08 Network Rail resignalled the line between Birmingham and, modified the track at Tyseley and restored platforms 1 and 2 to use.

Trains to and from are now able to use the new 60mph Tyseley North Junction. Two new junctions have been built at each end of the station, which allow non-stopping services between Solihull and to cross at 60 mph.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, daytime service is generally three trains per hour.

Westbound:

Eastbound:

On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way - eastbound to Stratford-upon-Avon via Shirley and westbound to Worcester Foregate Street.

Tyseley is no longer served by Chiltern Railways services as of the May 2023 timetable change.[3] [4] Services used to run southbound towards, and .

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Train timetables and schedules Tyseley. West Midlands Railway.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Timetable - 21 May 2023 - December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham. Chiltern Railways.
  4. Web site: Our timetables have changed. Chiltern Railways.