Wythall railway station

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Wythall

Location
Place	Wythall
Local authority	Bromsgrove
Grid reference	SP092758
Operations
Station code	WYT
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	33,002
2005/06	33,643
2006/07	31,367
2007/08	30,280
2008/09	42,644
2009/10	44,796
2010/11	48,250
2011/12	53,468
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
Opened 1908 (1908)
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 Wythall from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wythall railway station serves the village of Wythall in Worcestershire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

Although situated outside the West Midlands county, the station lies within the area supported by Centro, and Centro-issued tickets for train travel are valid for travel to the station. Centro-issued bus tickets are not valid. London Midland are proposing the closure of the ticket office.^[1]

The station opened as Grimes Hill Platform on 1 July 1908. It then became Grimes Hill & Wythall Halt on 12 July 1914; Grimes Hill and Wythall Platform on 11 July 1927; the suffix was dropped on 9 July 1934 and it finally became Wythall on 6 May 1974.^[2]

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whitlocks End		London Midland Birmingham-Stratford Line		Earlswood

References

↑ "Proposed changes to ticket office opening hours". Retrieved 24 July 2011.
↑ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.

External links

Train times and station information for Wythall railway station from National Rail
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wythall station

Transport in Worcestershire

Road

Motorways	M5 M42 M50

A-Roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536

Service Stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services

Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Rail

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route Birmingham to Stratford Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Cotswold Line

Closed lines	Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall

Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn

Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt

Other	Severn Valley Railway

Buses

Routes	List of bus routes in Worcestershire Worcestershire bus route 144 West Midlands Bristol Road bus corridor

Companies	Diamond Bus First Midland Red

Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme

Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle Paths

Route 5
Route 54

Railway stations in Worcestershire

Hereford to London:
Cotswold Line

Birmingham to Cardiff:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Bromsgrove:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Kidderminster:

Lichfield to Redditch:
Cross-City Line

Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon:

Wythall

Heritage railway stations

Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway

Broadway (Proposed)
Weston-sub-Edge (Proposed)
Honeybourne (Proposed)

Severn Valley Railway:

Arley
Northwood Halt
Bewdley
Kidderminster Town (adjacent to Kidderminster railway station)

Coordinates: 52°22′48″N 1°51′58″W / 52.380°N 1.866°W / 52.380; -1.866

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