Duddeston railway station
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Duddeston railway station serves the Duddeston area of Birmingham, England. It is sited on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove and Redditch in the south and Four Oaks and Lichfield Trent Valley in the north and the Chase Line between Birmingham International and Rugeley Trent Valley. Both lines run towards Template:Rws in the southbound direction.
History
Duddeston opened in 1837 as Vauxhall, the temporary Birmingham terminus of the Grand Junction Railway from Warrington.[1]Template:Rp When the permanent terminus at Curzon Street opened in 1839, Vauxhall became a goods-only station.
Bloomsbury and Nechells station opened nearby in 1856.
An extract from an 1859 railway inspector's report into a minor collision reveals something of how the station was operated:[2]
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There are sidings on both sides of the main line, and the station being on a curve, and the view interrupted by buildings, it is necessary to have a series of signalmen at short intervals for the protection of the switches and crossings connected with the main line
One of these signalmen (for the protection of the down line), when he had any shunting to do, had to warn a signalman on his right by turning on a disc signal; and he had also to work the arm of a semaphore signal on the Birmingham side of the station to stop all down trains on the main line.
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The station was rebuilt and re-opened to passengers in 1869 under the LNWR, and Bloomsbury and Nechells station closed. The station was renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston in 1889.
In 1941 it was hit by a bomb during a night raid and was destroyed. It was rebuilt in a temporary fashion, and in the mid-1950s it caught fire and was subsequently rebuilt.
The line through the station, to Walsall via Perry Barr, was electrified in 1966 as part of the London Midland Region's electrification programme.[3] The actual energization of the line from Coventry to Walsall through Perry Barr took place on 15 August 1966.[4]
The station was renamed Duddeston on 6 May 1974.[5]
The entrance and ticket hall are over the tracks, on the Duddeston Mill Road bridge. The former Midland Railway line to Derby is nearby.
Adjacent are railway sheds that were once used for industrial purposes. They are now disused and the entrance has been blocked to prevent trespassing. A shed on the opposite side of the station to the remaining sheds has been demolished and its site is wasteland. The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, but only one island platform and two tracks remain in use; the others have fallen into disrepair.
The remaining platform features artwork on black metal backgrounds.
Facilities
The station has a ticket office located on the concourse, though it is open from 08:00 to 10:00 on Mondays to Fridays only.[6] There is also a ticket machine on the concourse.[7]
In 2011, London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office.[8] The request was denied.[9]
Services
Duddeston is served by West Midlands Trains with services on both the Cross-City Line[10] and the Chase Line.[11][12] Cross-City services are operated using Template:Brc Electric multiple units (EMUs) while Chase Line services are operated using Template:Brc and Class 730 EMUs.[13]
The typical service pattern is as follows:
Mondays to Saturdays
- 4 trains per hour (tph) northbound to Template:Rws.
- Of which:
- 2 tph continue northbound to Template:Rws via Template:Rws, calling at all stations Template:Rws to Four Oaks, departing from Platform 1.
- 2 tph continue to Template:Rws via Template:Rws, calling at all stations Aston to Walsall, departing from Platform 1.
- Of which:
- 4 tph southbound to Template:Rws.
- Of which:
- 2 tph continue southbound to Template:Rws via Template:Rws and Template:Rws, calling at all stations Template:Rws to Redditch.
- 2tph continue to Template:Stn via Template:Rws, calling at all stations Template:Rws to Wolverhampton.
A limited number of trains continue past Walsall to Template:Rws, usually 2 trains per day on weekdays.
Sundays
- 2 tph northbound to Template:Rws, calling at all stations.
- 2 tph southbound to Redditch, calling at all stations.
- 1 tph to Walsall, calling at all stations.
- 1 tph to Wolverhampton, calling at all stations.
The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 5 minutes.[14]
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References
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External links
- Train times and station information for Duddeston railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Duddeston Station
- Warwickshire Railways page
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- Grand Junction Railway
- Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands
- DfT Category E stations
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1837
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1839
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869
- Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains
- 1869 establishments in England
- 1837 establishments in England