Jewellery Quarter station

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Jewellery Quarter
Train and tram at Jewellery Quarter station
Location
Place Jewellery Quarter
Local authority Birmingham
Coordinates 52°29′23″N 1°54′49″W / 52.4897, -1.9136Coordinates: 52°29′23″N 1°54′49″W / 52.4897, -1.9136
Operations
Station code JEQ
Managed by London Midland
Platforms in use 2 (train) + 2 (metro)
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 86,529
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Midlands
Zone 1
History
1995 Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Jewellery Quarter from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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The station frontage, with to the right a grade II listed cast-iron urinal "The Temple of Relief".
The station frontage, with to the right a grade II listed cast-iron urinal "The Temple of Relief".
A Worcester-bound train on platform 1, far below street level which is on the level of the top floor of the building behind.
A Worcester-bound train on platform 1, far below street level which is on the level of the top floor of the building behind.

Jewellery Quarter station is a railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by the London Midland (who operate the station), Chiltern Railways, and the Midland Metro.

The station is set some 65 feet (20m) below the elevation of its road-level access point; stairs and a lift are provided.

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[edit] History

The 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.

No previous station existed at this location, although it is a short distance from the previous Hockley, opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854 and closed in 1972.

[edit] Services

Most trains are operated by London Midland. The Monday to Saturday daytime service sees trains approximately every 10 minutes in each direction, from Stourbridge Junction via Birmingham Snow Hill to either Dorridge or Shirley. Most trains continue beyond Stourbridge to Kidderminster, Worcester Foregate Street or Great Malvern, or beyond Shirley to Stratford-upon-Avon.

Chiltern Railways services operate in peak hours only, between Kidderminster and London Marylebone. Unlike London Midland services, which apart from very rare cases always stop, very few Chiltern trains call at Jewellery Quarter.

Midland Metro services operate at frequent intervals, between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton St Georges.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     Midland Metro     Following station  
St Paul's   Line 1   Soho, Benson Road
National Rail
Birmingham Snow Hill   London Midland
Snow Hill-Worcester		   The Hawthorns
Birmingham Snow Hill   Chiltern Railways
London-Kidderminster
Peak hours only		   The Hawthorns
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