Bordesley railway station

Bordesley
265px The station in 2014, looking towards the city centre.
Location
Place	Bordesley
Local authority	City of Birmingham
Coordinates
Grid reference	SP084860
Operations
Station code	BBS
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	9,981
2005/06	3,551
2006/07	3,697
2007/08	3,996
2008/09	5,594
2009/10	7,410
2010/11	7,306
2011/12	14,134
2012/13	12,592
2013/14	12,434
2014/15	11,638
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1855 (1855)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bordesley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Bordesley railway station is a small railway station serving the area of Bordesley in Birmingham, England located between Birmingham Moor Street and Small Heath stations. The current minimal level of service at the station is provided by London Midland services between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon.

The single island platform is above street level, as the railway line here is on a viaduct. The only public access is from Coventry Road, directly underneath the railway bridge.

Services

Since May 2007, the station has been served by a single weekly parliamentary train in one direction only. Currently this is the 13:19 train from Whitlocks End to Great Malvern which calls at Bordesley at 13:37 on Saturdays only.

The station primarily serves as a match day stop for nearby St Andrew's stadium of Birmingham City Football Club, and additional services stop there when there are home fixtures.

History

Bordesley station was opened in 1855 by the Great Western Railway on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside). It was originally a two platform station, but was rebuilt as a four platform station with two island platforms when the line was upgraded to four tracks during 1915. The station once had extensive cattle sidings adjacent to and on Duddeston Viaduct.

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View SE, towards Leamington and the south in 1962

The station still carries the painted lettering "BR(W) Bordesley Cattle Station", and "Bordesley Cattle Station GWR" from the time when, as part of the Great Western Railway and later British Rail's (Western) region, it was used to bring cattle from the countryside to the Bull Ring markets.

The station was downgraded in the 1960s to minimal facilities and services, and one island platform was taken out of use. Its main function since has been to cater for football fans travelling to Birmingham City's St Andrews football ground on match days.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bordesley railway station from National Rail
• History of the station with old photos
• Descriptive tour with modern photos

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Birmingham Moor Street		London Midland Birmingham-Stratford		Small Heath