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{{Short description|Railway station in Birmingham, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Spring Road
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Spring Road station - 2009-03-07.jpg
| borough             = [[Acocks Green]], [[Birmingham]]
| country             = England
| coordinates         = {{coord|52.444371|-1.836156|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SP111828|25|SP111828}}
| manager             = [[West Midlands Trains]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = SRI
| zone                = 3
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
| transit_authority   = [[Transport for West Midlands]]
| opened              = 1908
| mpassengers         =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.194 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 58,972}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.107 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.121 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.139 million}}

| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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|mapframe-zoom = 13
}}
'''Spring Road''' is a small [[railway station]] in the [[Acocks Green]] area of [[Birmingham]], England.  It is situated on the [[North Warwickshire Line]], between [[Tyseley railway station|Tyseley]] and [[Hall Green railway station|Hall Green]] stations.  The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by [[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]].

==History==
The station was opened in 1908 as a halt named ''Spring Road Platform'' to ease traffic from the station at Tyseley, and to serve a cluster of cottages on the nearby land, which were owned until 1925 by the landowner at [[Fox Hollies Hall]], Zaccheus Walker IV. The station consisted of two platforms with shelters, with ramps leading from street level to the station below. Passengers had to purchase their tickets on the train.

The station served as a request stop for the [[railmotor]] excursions throughout the years before the [[First World War]], with Acocks Green building up around it. Zaccheus Walker IV, who was a well-respected [[philanthropist]] in the area, used the station for school trips (paid for by him personally) to the countryside and [[Stratford upon Avon]].

At the end of the [[Second World War]], a factory consisting of two buildings was built alongside the station, belonging to Lucas. The larger of the two known as BW3 and BW4 were later sold to [[Magneti Marelli]] in the early 1990s, before passing into the hands of [[Denso]] in 2003. The smaller BW5 stayed in the hands of Lucas as part of Lucas Aerospace. Lucas was bought out by TRW in 1998, BW5 has been in the hands of Goodrich since October 2002 when TRW sold off all its aerospace businesses.

In the 1950s, a permanent ticket-office was placed at the top of the ramp leading to Platform 1 (towards [[Birmingham]]). An older shelter at the top of this ramp built after the [[Second World War]] was converted into a toolshed, which it is used as today.

Workers at the factory first used the station to travel to and from work, which kept the station open during the era of the [[Beeching Axe]], but traffic became less with the appearance of the private car.

==Services==

[[West Midlands Trains]] run local services every 30 minutes as part of the [[Snow Hill lines]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Spring%20Road&crs=SRI |title=Train timetables and schedules {{!}} Spring Road|website=West Midlands Railway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3840/download?inline|title=Train times {{!}} Snow Hill Lines – Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon {{!}} 21 May until 9 December 2023|website=West Midlands Railway}}</ref>

The off-peak service pattern Mondays to Saturdays is as follows:

* 2 trains per hour westbound to {{rws|Kidderminster}} via [[Birmingham Moor Street railway station|Birmingham Moor Street]], [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Birmingham Snow Hill]] and [[Stourbridge Junction railway station|Stourbridge Junction]], with some evening services continuing onward to [[Worcester, England|Worcester]].  
* 2 trains per hour eastbound to {{rws|Whitlocks End}}, one of which continues to [[Stratford-upon-Avon railway station|Stratford-upon-Avon]].

On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way – westbound to {{rws|Worcester Foregate Street}} via Birmingham, and southbound to Stratford-upon-Avon.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2023|73}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/spring_road.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Spring Hill railway station]
*[http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/springroad.htm  Warwickshire Railways page]

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[[Category:Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands]]
[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]
[[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in England]]