Tyseley railway station

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General information
Location	City of Birmingham
Coordinates	52.454°N 1.839°W / 52.454; -1.839
Managed by	West Midlands Trains
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	TYS
Fare zone	2
Key dates
1906	Opened by Great Western Railway

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.

West Midlands Trains 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.

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.

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

External links

• Train times and station information for Tyseley railway station from National Rail
• "Tyseley Station –1906 Present". Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. 11 June 2013.
• "Tyseley Station". WarwickshireRailways.com.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Small Heath		West Midlands Railway Leamington - Worcester		Acocks Green
		West Midlands Railway 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