Longbridge railway station


Longbridge railway station serves the Longbridge area in the south-west of Birmingham, England. It is on the Cross City Line. The station and all trains calling there are operated by West Midlands Trains.

History

Two previous stations serving Longbridge have existed: The first was opened at a location just south of the current station in 1840, when the original Birmingham and Gloucester Railway opened, it did not prosper and closed in 1849.
Another Longbridge station had existed nearby, on the Halesowen Railway branch to Old Hill: this station only ever served workman's trains, and operated between 1915 and 1964.
The current station, on Tessall Lane, was built to the designs of the architect John Broome and opened in 1978 under the auspices of British Rail, as part of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive's Cross-City Line scheme. It was built as a simple two platform station on the four-track line, with a turnback siding just south of the station for terminating services. Initially nearly all Cross-City Line services terminated here, until 1980 when some were extended to. The line was electrified in 1993.

Services

During Monday-Saturday daytimes, northbound trains operate every 10 minutes with two trains per hour to Four Oaks, two to Lichfield City and two through to Lichfield Trent Valley. Southbound trains operate every 20 minutes to Redditch and every 20 minutes to Bromsgrove. On Sundays, trains operate every 30 minutes between Redditch and Lichfield.
Services are operated by Class 323 electric multiple units. Since 29 July 2018, the trains that used to start or terminate here have been extended through to/from following the completion of a scheme to extend the Cross City electrification from Barnt Green. Three trains per hour operate to/from Bromsgrove Mon-Sat and two each way per hour on Sundays.

Disabled access

The ticket office and footbridge have level access from Longbridge Lane. Platform 1 has step-free access by means of a lift from the footbridge, and platform 2 has a ramp from the footbridge to platform level.