Lea Hall railway station
Lea Hall railway station is situated in the Lea Hall area east of the city of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. It has two platforms, one each side of the two running lines, with no points or sidings. The ticket office is on a bridge over the tracks, which are a little below street level. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. Ramps have been added to permit easy disabled access to both platforms.
Lea Hall  | |
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| Location | Lea Hall, Birmingham England |
| Coordinates | 52.480°N 1.786°W |
| Grid reference | SP145869 |
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains |
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | LEH |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 1939 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.536 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.571 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.599 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.674 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.652 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
The station was designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn and opened in 1939.[1]
In 1998 the station was re-designed with new sculptures and colour scheme by Tim Tolkien, great nephew of writer J. R. R. Tolkien
Services
From Monday to Saturday there are two trains per hour to Birmingham New Street. One calls at Stechford and Adderley Park, whilst the other runs non-stop.
Southbound, two trains per hour operate from Monday to Saturday; one running non-stop to Birmingham International and one calling at all stations to Coventry, then principal stations to Northampton, Milton Keynes Central and London Euston. There are additional calls at peak times, and some evening trains terminate at Coventry or Northampton.[2]
On Sundays an hourly service operates in each direction, northbound to New Street and southbound to Coventry.
References
- Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 21. ISBN 9780860936855.
- GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 68 (Network Rail)
- An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Stations Vol. One Dr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001) ISBN 0-86093-168-4
External links
- Train times and station information for Lea Hall railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Lea Hall railway station
- Railways of Warwickshire entry
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Marston Green | West Midlands Railway Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line |
Stechford | ||
| London Northwestern Railway London-Crewe/Liverpool |
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