Duddeston railway station

Duddeston railway station
Duddeston National Rail
Duddeston
Duddeston station
Location
Place Duddeston
Local authority Birmingham
Coordinates 52°29′17″N 1°52′16″W / 52.488°N 1.871°W / 52.488; -1.871Coordinates: 52°29′17″N 1°52′16″W / 52.488°N 1.871°W / 52.488; -1.871
Grid reference SP088878
Operations
Station code DUD
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   49,832
2005/06 * increase 52,156
2006/07 * increase 55,676
2007/08 * increase 59,850
2008/09 * increase 0.135 million
2009/10 * increase 0.138 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Midlands
Zone 2
History
1837 Opened as Vauxhall station
1869 Rebuilt and reopened
1889 renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston
6 May 1974 renamed Duddeston
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Duddeston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Duddeston railway station is a railway station serving the Duddeston area of Birmingham. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line, and also on the Walsall line. Services on both lines are usually operated by Class 323 electrical multiple units. The pedestrian entrance is on Duddeston Mill Road.

Duddeston station was originally opened in 1837 as Vauxhall station, and it served as the temporary Birmingham terminus of the Grand Junction Railway from Warrington. When the permanent terminus opened at Curzon Street in 1839, Vauxhall became a goods-only station until it was rebuilt and opened in 1869 under the LNWR. It was renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston in 1889. In 1941, the station was hit by a bomb during a night bombing raid and was completely destroyed. The station was rebuilt in a temporary fashion, however, in the mid-1950s this caught fire and was subsequently rebuilt. The station was renamed from Vauxhall & Duddeston to Duddeston on 6 May 1974.[1]

The entrance and ticket hall are over the tracks, on a bridge shared by Duddeston Mill Road. The former Midland Railway line to Derby is nearby, but is not served by the station.

Platform artwork and former sheds

Adjacent are railway sheds which were once used for industrial purposes. However, these sheds are not used and the entrance has been blocked to prevent trespassing. One shed which was located on the opposite side of the station to the currently remaining sheds was demolished and remains as wasteland. The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, although two tracks are now abandoned and only one island platform remains in use; the other has fallen into disrepair.

The platform which remains in use features artwork on black metal backgrounds.

Services

Services operate through Duddeston on the Walsall Line and the Cross-City Line. On both lines, there are two services in each direction every hour.

On the Cross-City Line, all services in both directions operate between Four Oaks and Redditch, calling all stations.

On the Walsall Line, all services in both directions operate between Walsall and Birmingham New Street, calling all stations. Some early morning and late evening trains on weekdays continue past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.

London Midland are proposing the closure of the ticket office.[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
London Midland
London Midland

References

  1. ^ Slater, J.N., ed (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923. 
  2. ^ "Proposed changes to ticket office opening hours". http://www.londonmidland.com/your-journey/proposed-changes-to-ticket-office-opening-hours. Retrieved 24 July 2011. 

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