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.

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

Jewellery Quarter station was opened on 24 September 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.

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. 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.

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File:Jewellery Quarter railway station Birmingham, geograph 5669518 by Jaggery.jpg|View east from the railway platform towards station buildings.

File:Entrance to Jewellery Quarter Station, geograph 6321038 by Philip Halling.jpg|The station frontage on Vyse Street, with to the right a grade II listed cast-iron urinal.

File:Jewellery Quarter Station (cropped).jpg|"Clockwork" sculpture outside the station entrance.

File:Public toilet on Vyse Street, geograph 6321297 by Philip Halling.jpg|The former cast iron public urinal outside the station entrance

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Services

Train

West Midlands Railway:

Most services are operated by West Midlands Trains.

The Monday to Saturday off-peak service sees trains approximately every 15 minutes in each direction.

Eastbound:

  • 4 trains per hour (tph) to and
  • 2tph to via
  • of which one continues to via the North Warwickshire Line
  • 2tph to via
  • of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via
  • Two evening weekday West Midlands Railway services continue to .

Westbound:

  • 4 trains per hour to via and :
  • of which two continue to via
  • Some services reverse or terminate at .

Chiltern Railways:

Chiltern serve the station with one nighttime service to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays only, from London Marylebone.

Tram

On 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.

From 5 April 2026, some southbound services run to a temporary terminus at Millennium Point, on the yet-to-be completed new line to Digbeth.

See also

  • Transport in Birmingham
  • List of Midland Metro stations

References

Further reading

  • Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Jewellery Quarter railway station