Bordesley railway station

Bordesley railway station is a small railway station serving the area of Bordesley in Birmingham, England located between Birmingham Moor Street and Small Heath stations. The current minimal level of service at the station is provided by West Midlands Trains services between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon. The station is the least used in the West Midlands county with 20,688 passengers using it annually.

Bordesley
The station in 2020 with football fans departing for a match.
LocationBordesley, City of Birmingham
England
Coordinates52.471524°N 1.876624°W / 52.471524; -1.876624
Grid referenceSP084860
Managed byWest Midlands Railway
Transit authorityTransport for West Midlands
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBBS
Fare zone2
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1855
Passengers
2015/16 13,350
2016/17 15,092
2017/18 18,182
2018/19 20,688
2019/20 24,180
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The single island platform is above street level, as the railway line here is on a viaduct. The only public access is from Coventry Road, directly underneath the railway bridge.

History

Bordesley station was opened in 1855 by the Great Western Railway on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside). It was originally a two platform station, but was rebuilt as a four platform station with two island platforms when the line was upgraded to four tracks during 1915. The station once had extensive cattle sidings adjacent to and on Duddeston Viaduct. This viaduct was intended to link the line from Bordesley to the Derby Line but was left incomplete when it was realised that trains would be unable to serve Birmingham Curzon Street railway station, where rail services then terminated..[1][2]

View SE, towards Leamington and the south in 1962

The station still carries the painted lettering "BR(W) Bordesley Cattle Station", and "Bordesley Cattle Station GWR" from the time when, as part of the Great Western Railway and later British Rail's (Western) region, it was used to bring cattle from the countryside to the Bull Ring markets.[3]

The station was downgraded in the 1960s to minimal facilities and services, and one island platform was taken out of use.[1]

Services

Since May 2007, the station has been served by a single weekly parliamentary train in one direction only. Currently this is the 13:18 train from Whitlocks End to Great Malvern which calls at Bordesley at 13:36 on Saturdays only.

The station primarily serves as a match day stop for nearby St Andrew's stadium of Birmingham City Football Club, and additional services stop there when there are home fixtures.[1]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
West Midlands Railway
Snow Hill Lines Limited Service

References
  1. "Bordesley station". Warwickshire Railways. Warwickshire railways. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. "Bordesley Station: Looking towards Moor Street station with the down and up relief island platforms on the left and the main down and up island platforms on the right". www.warwickshirerailways.com.
  3. "Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Bordesley Station". Railaroundbirmingham.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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