Olton railway station
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Olton railway station serves the Olton area of the town of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England. The station is operated by West Midlands Trains. The entrance, seen in the centre where the station's booking office is located, leads into a tunnel which runs under the tracks providing an access staircase and lift to the island platform. The station also has a car park and bicycle racks.
History
Origins
Olton station was opened in 1869[1] on the GWR's Oxford & Birmingham Branch and its prime role was as a suburban passenger station for Birmingham commuters, explaining why the booking office was located on the down platform.
Olton originally had two signal boxes, the first of which only had 10 levers. It was built by McKenzie and Holland and located at the Template:Rws end of the up platform which was replaced in June 1913 but was ultimately closed in 1933.
Expansion
Olton station originally had a two-platform configuration with basic facilities, but taking advantage of the Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act 1929 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 7), the Great Western Railway continued to quadruple the Birmingham Main Line as far as Lapworth,[1] rebuilding five stations including Olton with two wide island platforms in 1932. The new approach 'Station Drive' was also constructed.
Current layout
The station now has one wide island platform with trains to Template:Rws, Template:Rws and London stopping one side and to Birmingham and Worcester the other. The platform building has been significantly reduced by the removal of its roof canopy.
Incidents
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham, discussing railway accidents in the city, notes that:[2]
Services
The station is served by West Midlands Trains on the Snow Hill Lines.[3][4]
Services operate every 30 minutes in each direction.
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- 2 trains per hour operate eastbound to Template:Rws via Template:Rws, one of which continues to Template:Rws. Two evening services extend to Template:Rws via Template:Rws.
On Sundays, there is an hourly service each way between Stourbridge Junction and Dorridge.
Olton is no longer served by Chiltern Railways services as of the May 2023 timetable change.[5][6] Services used to run southbound towards Template:Rws, Template:Rws and Template:Rws.
References
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External links
- Train times and station information for Olton railway station from National Rail
- Warwickshire's Railways: Olton station
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Olton station
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