Gravelly Hill railway station

Gravelly Hill railway station is a station below the surrounding ground level and can be accessed by a staircase or ramp to reach the platforms. It serves the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.

Gravelly Hill
Gravelly Hill station
General information
Location	Gravelly Hill, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52.515°N 1.853°W / 52.515; -1.853
Grid reference	SP100908
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GVH
Fare zone	2
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1862	Opened
1992	Electrification
Passengers
2019/20	0.912 million
2020/21	0.138 million
2021/22	0.279 million
2022/23	0.357 million
2023/24	0.384 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Opened in 1862, the station was built by the London and North Western (LNWR) railway company on their line between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield. The only remaining original feature is the booking office building, which is unusual in having 2 storeys, and having access to the ticket office via the upper level. Other buildings and an early wooden footbridge were removed with the electrification of the Cross City line in 1992 by British Rail. The waiting areas on the platforms were replaced by modern "bus shelter" type structures on each platform. The footbridge was replaced by a modern metal structure.

Facilities

Access for disabled passengers

There are ramps providing step-free access to both platforms and to the ticket office from the Hunton Hill entrance to the station.

Gravelly Hill has been classified as a step-free access category B1 station. This means that there is step-free access to all platforms, but that this may include long or steep ramps, as is the case here.

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated using Class 323 Electric multiple units (EMUs) until September 2024 and currently by Class 730 EMUs.

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 4tph northbound to Four Oaks via Sutton Coldfield, departing from Platform 2.
  • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to Lichfield Trent Valley via Lichfield City.
• 4tph southbound to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street and University, departing from Platform 1.
  • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to Redditch via Alvechurch, calling at all stations.
    • 2tph continue to Bromsgrove calling at all stations except Duddeston, 1tph does not call at Barnt Green.

Sundays:

• 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
• 2tph southbound to Redditch.

Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.

The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 11 minutes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Erdington		West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line		Aston

References

• An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Stations Vol. One Dr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001) ISBN 0-86093-168-4

External links

• Train times and station information for Gravelly Hill railway station from National Rail
• Gravelly Hill station at warwickshirerailways.com