Small Heath railway station

Small Heath
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Location
Place	Small Heath
Local authority	City of Birmingham
Coordinates
Grid reference	SP096850
Operations
Station code	SMA
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	33,752
2005/06	34,056
2006/07	37,213
2007/08	37,717
2008/09	79,022
2009/10	80,246
2010/11	86,604
2011/12	100,126
2012/13	103,534
2013/14	112,338
2014/15	116,578
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1863 (1863)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Small Heath from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Small Heath railway station serves the areas of Small Heath and Sparkbrook in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The station is managed by London Midland, which runs all the services.

The former Great Western Railway station building, opened in 1863 as Small Heath and Sparkbrook on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside), is on a bridge which it shares with Golden Hillock Road (the B4145), over the tracks. The A45 Small Heath Highway runs alongside. To the other side is the site of the former BSA factory.

The 2007-2008 resignalling of the Birmingham to Warwick corridor has posed problems for Small Heath, as a large piece of signalling equipment has been erected blocking access to the disused island platform, and as a result would raise health and safety questions should the platform be reinstated.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays, daytime service is generally two trains per hour outside of peak times.

Northbound, there are two trains per hour to Birmingham Snow Hill. Most trains continue to Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster or Worcester.

Southbound, there is one train per hour to Dorridge via Solihull and one train per hour to Whitlocks End via Shirley. London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office. The request has been denied.

External links

• Train times and station information for Small Heath railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Small Heath railway station
• Warwickshire Railways page

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bordesley or Birmingham Moor Street		London Midland Leamington Spa to Worcester Birmingham to Stratford Line		Tyseley