Bromsgrove railway station

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Bromsgrove National Rail
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Location
Place Bromsgrove
Local authority Bromsgrove
Grid reference SO968693
Operations
Station code BMV
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   0.173 million
2005/06 Increase 0.210 million
2006/07 Decrease 0.207 million
2007/08 Increase 0.230 million
2008/09 Increase 0.427 million
2009/10 Increase 0.441 million
2010/11 Increase 0.465 million
2011/12 Increase 0.523 million
2012/13 Increase 0.540 million
2013/14 Increase 0.571 million
History
Key dates Opened 1840 (1840)
2016 Relocation of station
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bromsgrove from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bromsgrove railway station serves the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends at a gradient of 1-in-37.7 towards Barnt Green on the line between Birmingham and Worcester. Bromsgrove is managed by London Midland. According to Office of Rail Regulation data Bromsgrove is only one of four stations in the UK which get annual usage of over half a million journeys with just an hourly service (Blackrod, Hartlepool and Inverurie being the other 3 stations).[1][2]

History

The station opened as part of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (later part of the Midland Railway) in 1840.[3] In June 1969[4] the station was rebuilt with a single platform on the up (northbound) side, which require stopping down (southbound) trains to cross to the up line and back again after calling at Bromsgrove station. A new platform on the down side was opened in May 1990.[5]

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Bromsgrove station in 1981 with one platform.

Future

On 4 May 2007, Network Rail announced that a new station will be built, to replace the existing structure. This is proposed to be in a brownfield site adjacent to the current site, and allow six car trains to stop at the station. The cost was originally projected to be in the region of £10-12 million,[6] and it was estimated that the station could be operational by Easter 2009.[7] However, by June 2009 the project was still only in the development stage[8] and the funding for it was subsequently frozen by the local authority in June 2010.[9]

Phase two of the project was set to see the electrification of the line from Bromsgrove to Barnt Green between 2011 and 2014 (though this date has been amended in the wake of the delays to construction work on the new station). This is expected to result in an extra three trains per hour on the Cross-City Line serving the new station.[10]

Planning permission for the new station was eventually granted by Worcestershire County Council in September 2013, three years after the funding for it was previously withdrawn.[11] The new station will have four platforms, linked by a covered footbridge served by lifts and stairs. A ticket office, waiting room and toilets will also be provided, as well as a 350-space car park and bicycle storage. The new station will be able to accommodate nine car trains,[12] with electrification work on the line due for May 2016. Work began in March 2014.[13][14]

The station was scheduled to open in May 2015[15] and then was postponed to November 2015.[12] It is now expected to be completed by spring 2016.[16]

Services

The station and most trains serving it are operated by London Midland, who operate an hourly service from Birmingham New Street to Hereford; with additional services in the peak hours starting or terminating short at Great Malvern and Worcester Shrub Hill. Despite the majority of trains passing through Barnt Green, which is the next station northbound from Bromsgrove, only a small number of services daily in each direction call there.

Four CrossCountry services (two each way, peak times only) on the Nottingham to Cardiff Central line also call at Bromsgrove each weekday.

References

  1. ↑ http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates
  2. ↑ http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/3828.aspx
  3. ↑ Jowett's Railway Centres Volume 1, Alan Jowett (PSL, 1993)
  4. ↑ A Century of Railways Around Birmingham and the West Midlands, Volumes 2, John Boynton (Mid England Books, 1998)
  5. ↑ A Century of Railways Around Birmingham and the West Midlands, Volumes 3, John Boynton (Mid England Books, 1999)
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bromsgrove Advertiser, http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/12555365.Bromsgrove_s_new_railway_station_remains_on_track_for_November_opening/
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  15. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-24232026
  16. ↑ Railway footbridge ruled too close to power linesBBC News website article, 17 July 2015

External links

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London Midland
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Disused railways
Blackwell
Station Closed and Line Open		   Great Western Railway
Stoke Branch		   Stoke Works
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