Perry Barr railway station

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General information
Location	Birmingham
Managed by	London Midland
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PRY
Fare zone	2
Key dates
1838	Opened by Grand Junction Railway

Perry Barr Railway Station is a railway station in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England.

Although rebuilt around the time of electrification in the 1960s, it stands on the site of the original Grand Junction Railway station of 1838, and so is the oldest station on its original site in the city, and one of the oldest continually-operated station sites in the world. The pedestrian entrance is on the A34 Walsall Road.

It has two platforms, one each side of the two operating lines, with no points or sidings. The ticket office is on a bridge over the tracks, which are below street level.

As well as local residents, shops and businesses, it serves:

• Alexander Stadium
• Perry Barr Stadium
• Perry Hall Park
• Birmingham City University
• a number of bus services, including the Outer Circle

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service sees two trains per hour in each direction between Walsall and Birmingham New Street (and hence onwards to Wolverhampton via the Stour Valley Line) that are operated by Class 323 electric trains. This service is reduced to one train per hour in the evenings and on Sundays. There are a small number of early morning and late evening trains on weekdays that are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and extend past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.

The station has in the past been served by a limited number of through trains from Walsall towards Birmingham International, but these no longer operate. The line also sees occasional use for diverted passenger trains between New Street & Wolverhampton (and points north), usually when the direct route via Dudley Port is closed for engineering work.

External links

• Train times and station information for Perry Barr railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Perry Barr railway station
• Warwickshire Railways page

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Hamstead		London Midland Chase Line		Witton
Smethwick Rolfe Street		London Midland Wolverhampton-Birmingham via Smethwick Galton Bridge and Aston		Witton
Birmingham New Street		London Midland Birmingham New Street-Birmingham International via Aston and Stechford		Witton
Historical railways
Hamstead Line and station open		London and North Western Railway Chase Line		Vauxhall Line open, station closed