| Smethwick Galton Bridge | |
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| Smethwick Galton Bridge on a June evening in 2007 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Smethwick |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SGB |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 88,782 |
| 2005/06 * | 102,692 |
| 2006/07 * | 116,401 |
| 2007/08 * | 130,607 |
| 2008/09 * | 310,678 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Midlands |
| Zone | 2 |
| History | |
| 1995 | Opened |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Smethwick Galton Bridge from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Smethwick Galton Bridge is a railway station in Smethwick, West Midlands, England.
The station is situated where two lines cross at different levels: the line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction crosses over the Stour Valley Line by means of a bridge. There are four platforms, two on each line. London Midland manage the station and operate the majority of its services, with others provided by Chiltern Railways and Arriva Trains Wales.
The present station, named for the adjacent Galton Bridge, opened in 1995 when the line from Birmingham Snow Hill reopened, replacing the nearby Smethwick West station. In 2005/6, 481,000 people changed trains at Smethwick Galton Bridge, 4.7 times the amount that began or ended journeys at the station, making it the busiest station in Smethwick. Excluding interchanges it is normally slightly less busy than the more centrally located Smethwick Rolfe Street, though that was not the case in the 2006/07 statistics. [1]
The High Level platforms 1 & 2 are served by Chiltern Railways & London Midland. Services by Chiltern Railways are run by the Class 168 to London Marylebone, but this service only runs during the weekday peak time and the Kidderminster to London Marylebone route, with 6 trains to London in the morning and 5 from London in the evening.[2] London Midland services - the "Snow Hill lines" - run much as the former Central Trains did, with Class 172 units; running every 10 minutes during the daytime, and every 30 minutes on sundays & evenings to Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill and Moor Street. Some trains to Stourbridge run on to Kidderminster, the Worcester triangle (Worcester Shrub Hill and/or Worcester Foregate Street) and Great Malvern. Trains to Birmingham split off and either go on to Dorridge, with some trains from Dorridge extending onto Leaminghton Spa or Whitlocks End and Stratford-upon-Avon.[3]
The low level platforms 3 & 4 are served by:
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