Jewellery Quarter station is a combined railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains (who operate the station), Chiltern Railways, and West Midlands Metro.
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 Train and tram at Jewellery Quarter station in 2005 | |||||
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| Location | Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°29′23″N 1°54′49″W / 52.4897°N 1.9136°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP059879 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | JEQ | ||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
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| 1995 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.539 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.120 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.284 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.321 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.399 million | ||||
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Jewellery Quarter | |
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| West Midlands Metro tram stop | |
 West Midlands Metro platforms, looking towards Birmingham. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Jewellery Quarter Birmingham England |
| Line(s) | Line 1 (Edgbaston Village – Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station) |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 31 May 1999 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 | Approx. 900 daily[1] |
The station is set at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel below the elevation of its road-level access point on Vyse Street; stairs and a lift are provided.
History
editJewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995, as part of the "Jewellery Line" project which saw the re-introduction of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. Midland Metro services commenced in 1999, when its first (and so far only) line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton opened.[2]
No previous station had existed at this site, however the area was historically served by Hockley station, located a short distance west, which had been opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854, and was closed with the line in 1972.[2]
Facilities
editThe station has no car park, but ten cycle storage spaces are available.[3] The station has a ticket office, but this has limited opening hours; a self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the ticket hall is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Train running information is offered via automated announcements, CIS displays, timetable posters and customer help points on each side.
Outside the station entrance on Vyse Street is a sculpture called "Clockwork" by Mark Renn, which dates from 2004. There is also a Victorian cast iron public urinal, dating from around 1880, which is now disused but is grade II listed.[4]
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View east from the railway platform towards station buildings. -
The station frontage on Vyse Street, with to the right a grade II listed cast-iron urinal. -
"Clockwork" sculpture outside the station entrance. -
The former cast iron public urinal outside the station entrance
Services
editTrain
editMost services are operated by West Midlands Trains.
The Monday to Saturday off-peak service sees trains approximately every 15 minutes in each direction.[5][6]
Eastbound:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) to Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street
- 2tph to Whitlocks End via Shirley
- of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via the North Warwickshire Line
- 2tph to Whitlocks End via Shirley
- 2tph to Dorridge via Solihull
- of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via Lapworth
- Two evening weekday West Midlands Railway services continue to Leamington Spa.
- of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via Lapworth
- 2tph to Dorridge via Solihull
Westbound:
- 4 trains per hour to Kidderminster via Smethwick Galton Bridge and Stourbridge Junction:
- of which two continue to Worcester Foregate Street via Droitwich Spa
- Some services reverse or terminate at Worcester Shrub Hill.
Chiltern serve the station with one nighttime service to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays only, from London Marylebone.[7]
Tram
editOn Mondays to Fridays, West Midlands Metro services in each direction between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2016 West Midlands Travel Trends Covering Report" (PDF). West Midlands Combined Authority. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Jewellery Quarter Station 1995 - Present". Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ Jewellery Quarter station facilities Archived 11 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries
- ^ Historic England. "PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OPPOSITE NUMBER 90 TO 94 (CONSECUTIVE) (1076115)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Jewellery Quarter". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Timetable | 22 May 2023 - 8 December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Midland Metro timetable". Network West Midlands. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 110-111. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Jewellery Quarter station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Jewellery Quarter railway station