University railway station (England)

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University railway station, Birmingham, geograph, Nigel Thompson, 7564376.jpg
View of redeveloped station in 2023.
General information
Location Edgbaston, Birmingham
England
Coordinates 52°27′04″N1°56′10″W / 52.451°N 1.936°W / 52.451; -1.936
Grid reference SP043837
Managed by West Midlands Railway
Transit authority Transport for West Midlands
Platforms2
Construction
ArchitectJohn Broome (original) 1978 and Associated Architects (rebuild) 2024
Other information
Station codeUNI
Fare zone2
Classification DfT category D
History
Original company British Rail
Key dates
1978Opened
2024Rebuilt
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 3.970 million

Pedestrian access is via University Road West, close to the Medical School and bus interchange - around 330 yards (300 m) uphill from University Square. Owing to the station's campus location on a service road there is no car parking, although nearby Selly Oak station is a designated Park and Ride station. [12] The station is alongside the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, a popular cycling and jogging route. Access is at street level as there is a fence between Platform 2 and the towpath.

On the concourse are two automated ticket machines and two windowed ticket booths, staffed all day Monday to Saturday and from 9:20 on Sundays. There is lift access down to both platforms from the entrance. [13] Platform 2 has a covered waiting room. Fare control is enforced by a line of automatic ticket barriers installed in April 2009, at Five Ways station.

A Centro livery Class 323 arriving at the station in 2007 Class 323 at University Station - geograph.org.uk - 2827253.jpg
A Centro livery Class 323 arriving at the station in 2007
A West Midlands Railway Class 323 to Redditch departs University in 2021 323212 at University station, Birmingham.jpg
A West Midlands Railway Class 323 to Redditch departs University in 2021

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated by Class 323 and Class 730 Electric multiple units. [14] [15]

West Midlands Railway's longer-distance services to Hereford are operated using Class 196 diesel multiple units (DMUs) [16] and CrossCountry services to Cardiff and Nottingham are operated by Class 170 DMUs. [17] [18]

University station is the seventh busiest station in the Transport for West Midlands region in terms of passenger numbers, and the busiest without a direct link to London. Just under four million passenger journeys were made to and from the station in the periods 2018–19 and 2019-20.

The typical off-peak weekday service, in trains per hour (tph) is: [19] [20] [21]

Platform 1 (Northbound)

All services from Platform 1 stop at Birmingham New Street with an average journey time of around 7 minutes.

Services from this platform include:

On Mondays to Saturdays:

West Midlands Railway:

CrossCountry:

On Sundays:

West Midlands Railway:

CrossCountry:

Platform 2 (Southbound)

Weekday services from this platform include:

West Midlands Railway:

CrossCountry:

On Sundays:

West Midlands Railway:

CrossCountry:

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Five Ways   West Midlands Railway
Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch
Cross-City Line
  Selly Oak
Birmingham New Street   West Midlands Railway
Birmingham – Bromsgrove – Worcester – Hereford
  Bromsgrove or
Droitwich Spa or
Barnt Green
CrossCountry

Disabled access

There is level access from the street to the ticket office and footbridge. Lifts provide access to both platforms from the footbridge. The station has a wide ticket gate which wheelchair users can use unaided.

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