Gravelly Hill railway station is a station below the surrounding ground level and can be accessed by a staircase or ramp to reach the platforms. It serves the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.

History

Opened in 1862, the station was built by the London and North Western (LNWR) railway company on their line between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield. The only remaining original feature is the booking office building, which is unusual in having 2 storeys, and having access to the ticket office via the upper level.

Gravelly Hill has been classified as a step-free access category B1 station. This means that there is step-free access to all platforms, but that this may include long or steep ramps, as is the case here.

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated using Electric multiple units (EMUs).

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

  • 4tph northbound to via , departing from Platform 2.
  • Of which:
  • 2tph continue to via .
  • 4tph southbound to via and , departing from Platform 1.
  • Of which:
  • 2tph continue to via , calling at all stations.
  • 2tph continue to calling at all stations except , 1tph does not call at .

Sundays:

  • 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
  • 2tph southbound to Redditch.

Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.

The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 11 minutes.

References

  • An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Stations Vol. One Dr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001)
  • Gravelly Hill station at warwickshirerailways.com