Jewellery Quarter station

Jewellery Quarter station is a combined railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains (who operate the station), Chiltern Railways, and West Midlands Metro.

Jewellery Quarter
National Rail Midland Metro
Train and tram at Jewellery Quarter station in 2005
General information
LocationJewellery Quarter, Birmingham
England
Coordinates52.4897°N 1.9136°W / 52.4897; -1.9136
Grid referenceSP059879
Managed byWest Midlands Trains
Transit authorityTransport for West Midlands
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeJEQ
Fare zone1
ClassificationDfT category E
Key dates
1995Opened
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.444 million
2018/19Increase 0.514 million
2019/20Increase 0.539 million
2020/21Decrease 0.120 million
2021/22Increase 0.284 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Jewellery Quarter
Midland Metro
West Midlands Metro tram stop
West Midlands Metro platforms, looking towards Birmingham.
General information
LocationJewellery Quarter
Birmingham
England
Line(s)Line 1 (Edgbaston Village – Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station)
Platforms2
History
Opened31 May 1999
Passengers
2015/16Approx. 900 daily[1]

The station is set at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel below the elevation of its road-level access point on Vyse Street; stairs and a lift are provided.

History

Jewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995, as part of the "Jewellery Line" project which saw the re-introduction of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. Midland Metro services commenced in 1999, when its first (and so far only) line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton opened.[2]

No previous station had existed at this site, however the area was historically served by Hockley station, located a short distance west, which had been opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854, and was closed with the line in 1972.[2]

Facilities

The station has no car park, but ten cycle storage spaces are available.[3] The station has a ticket office, but this has limited opening hours; a self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the ticket hall is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Train running information is offered via automated announcements, CIS displays, timetable posters and customer help points on each side.

Outside the station entrance on Vyse Street is a sculpture called "Clockwork" by Mark Renn, which dates from 2004. There is also a Victorian cast iron public urinal, dating from around 1880, which is now disused but is grade II listed.[4]

  • View east from the railway platform towards station buildings.
    View east from the railway platform towards station buildings.
  • The station frontage on Vyse Street, with to the right a grade II listed cast-iron urinal.
    The station frontage on Vyse Street, with to the right a grade II listed cast-iron urinal.
  • "Clockwork" sculpture outside the station entrance.
    "Clockwork" sculpture outside the station entrance.
  • The former cast iron public urinal outside the station entrance
    The former cast iron public urinal outside the station entrance

Services

Train

West Midlands Railway:

Most services are operated by West Midlands Trains.

The Monday to Saturday off-peak service sees trains approximately every 15 minutes in each direction.[5][6]

Eastbound:

Westbound:

Chiltern Railways:

Chiltern serve the station with one nighttime service to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays only, from London Marylebone.[7]

Tram

On Mondays to Fridays, West Midlands Metro services in each direction between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays.[8]

See also

References
  1. "2016 West Midlands Travel Trends Covering Report" (PDF). West Midlands Combined Authority. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. "Jewellery Quarter Station 1995 - Present". Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. Jewellery Quarter station facilities Archived 11 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine National Rail Enquiries
  4. "PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OPPOSITE NUMBER 90 TO 94 (CONSECUTIVE)". Historic England. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. "Train timetables and schedules | Jewellery Quarter". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. "Timetable | 22 May 2023 - 8 December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. "Midland Metro timetable". Network West Midlands. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 110-111. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.
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