Tyseley railway station

Tyseley
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Location
Place	Tyseley
Local authority	City of Birmingham
Coordinates
Grid reference	SP109840
Operations
Station code	TYS
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	57,258
2005/06	54,298
2006/07	63,232
2007/08	66,464
2008/09	167,992
2009/10	163,428
2010/11	169,416
2011/12	181,508
2012/13	193,212
2013/14	197,504
2014/15	202,144
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	2
History
1906	Opened by Great Western Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tyseley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Tyseley railway station serves the district of Tyseley in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is at the junction of the lines linking Birmingham with Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon.

London Midland manages the station and runs most of the trains that serve it. Chiltern Railways trains serve the station in the late evening only.

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 London Paddington and Birkenhead Woodside. 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 Warwick, modified the track at Tyseley and restored platforms 1 and 2 to use. Work has also begun on upgrading the Solihull line by adding a third track.

Trains to and from Solihull are now able to use the new 60 mph (97 km/h) Tyseley North Junction. Two new junctions have been built at each end of the station, which allow non-stopping services between Solihull and Birmingham Snow Hill to cross at 60 mph.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays, daytime service is generally two trains per hour outside peak hours.

Northbound, there are two trains per hour to Birmingham Snow Hill. Most trains continue to Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster or Worcester.

Southbound, there is one train per hour to Dorridge via Solihull and one train per hour to Whitlocks End via Shirley.

External links

• Train times and station information for Tyseley railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Small Heath		London Midland Leamington - Worcester		Acocks Green
		London Midland North Warwickshire Line		Spring Road
Birmingham Moor Street		Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham		Acocks Green
	Heritage railways
Birmingham Moor Street		Vintage Trains The Shakespeare Express July-September		Henley-in-Arden