Perry Barr railway station
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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:
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.
Perry Barr
Perry Barr is an inner-city area in north Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Perry Barr ward and the wards of Handsworth Wood, Lozells and East Handsworth, and Oscott, which elect three councillors to...
, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England.
Although rebuilt around the time of electrification in the 1960s, it stands on the site of the original Grand Junction Railway
Grand Junction Railway
The Grand Junction Railway was an early railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed between 1833 and 1846 when it was merged into the London and North Western 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
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
over the tracks, which are below street level.
As well as local residents, shops and businesses, it serves:
- Alexander StadiumAlexander StadiumAlexander Stadium is an international athletics stadium located within Perry Park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, at . It has staged the Amateur Athletics Association Championships, and was the venue of the 1998 Disability World Athletics Championships...
- Perry Barr StadiumPerry Barr StadiumPerry Barr Stadium is a stadium and racetrack on Aldridge Road in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England....
- Perry Hall ParkPerry Hall ParkPerry Hall Park is a park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England, at . It was in Staffordshire until 1924....
- Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham City UniversityBirmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
- a number of bus services, including the Outer CircleBirmingham Outer CircleThe Birmingham Outer Circle is a roughly circular, 27 mile bus route in Birmingham, England . It mainly follows the city's outer ring road, the A4040 with some small deviations to serve some rail stations and shopping areas. Buses on the Outer Circle are numbered 11C on the clockwise journey and...
Services
The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service sees one train per half hour in each direction between Walsall and Birmingham New Street that are operated by Class 323British Rail Class 323
The British Rail Class 323 electric multiple units were built by Hunslet TPL from 1992-93. Forty-three 3-car units were built for inner-suburban services around Birmingham and Manchester...
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.