Selly Oak railway station

Selly Oak National Rail
Location
Place Selly Oak
Local authority Birmingham
Coordinates 52°26′28″N 1°56′06″W / 52.441°N 1.935°W / 52.441; -1.935Coordinates: 52°26′28″N 1°56′06″W / 52.441°N 1.935°W / 52.441; -1.935
Grid reference SP044826
Operations
Station code SLY
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
DfT category D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 1.569 million
2011/12 Increase 2.270 million
2012/13 Increase 2.278 million
2013/14 Increase 2.407 million
2014/15 Increase 2.433 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Transport for West Midlands
Zone 2
History
3 April 1876 Opened
1978 Rebuilt
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Selly Oak from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Selly Oak railway station is a railway station in Selly Oak in Birmingham, England, on the Cross-City Line between Redditch, Birmingham and Lichfield.

It opened on 3 April 1876[1] on the Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway branch to serve the burgeoning suburbs of Selly Oak and Bournbrook. The station area has changed considerably since the Midland Railway days and lost virtually all its original features as the station was completely rebuilt by British Rail in 1978 along with the others on this line when the Cross-City route was commissioned. Prior to the rebuild, the station had only received a limited service (mainly at peak hours) for much of the 1960s and 1970s.

The station is only served by Cross City Line trains, which are currently Class 323 electrical multiple units. Pedestrian and vehicular access is via Heeley Road, off the A38 Bristol Road. The station and line are on an embankment.

The site has recently been expanded with the addition of a new car park with 93 free spaces, making Selly Oak station a new Park and Ride site.[2] Access between platforms is via a covered overhead bridge, with lifts available. The overhead bridge has views of Bournbrook, The University of Birmingham and the city centre itself.

Selly Oak Station is equipped with real-time information departure boards which were previously installed in 2006 by Central Trains. There are automated ticket machines and windowed ticket booths.

Services

Trains call every 10 minutes each way during the day on Mondays to Saturdays (less frequently after 8pm) and every half hour on Sundays.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Local and District News". Worcester Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 8 April 1876. Retrieved 23 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Birmingham City Council - Railway Station Car Parks".
  3. ↑ Table 69 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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