Tyseley railway station


Tyseley railway station serves the district of Tyseley in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is at the junction of the lines linking Birmingham with and.
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. 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 and. 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, modified the track at Tyseley and restored platforms 1 and 2 to use.
Trains to and from are now able to use the new Tyseley North Junction. Two new junctions have been built at each end of the station, which allow non-stopping services between Solihull and 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. Most trains continue to, or Worcester.
Southbound, there is one train per hour to via and one train per hour to via.
On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way - southbound to via Shirley and northbound to.