![]() Train and tram at Jewellery Quarter station in 2005 | |
General information | |
Location | Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham England |
Coordinates | 52°29′23″N1°54′49″W / 52.4897°N 1.9136°W |
Grid reference | SP059879 |
Managed by | West Midlands Trains |
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | JEQ |
Fare zone | 1 |
Classification | DfT category E |
Key dates | |
1995 | Opened |
Passengers | |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
West Midlands Metro tram stop | |
West Midlands Metro platforms,looking towards Birmingham. | |
General information | |
Location | Jewellery Quarter Birmingham England |
Line(s) | Line 1 (Edgbaston Village –Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station) |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
Opened | 31 May 1999 |
Passengers | |
2015/16 | Approx. 900 daily [1] |
Jewellery Quarter station is a combined railway station and tram stop,situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham,England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains (who operate the station),Chiltern Railways,and West Midlands Metro.
The station is set at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel below the elevation of its road-level access point on Vyse Street;stairs and a lift are provided.
Jewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995,as part of the "Jewellery Line" project which saw the re-introduction of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. Midland Metro services commenced in 1999,when its first (and so far only) line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton opened. [2]
No previous station had existed at this site,however the area was historically served by Hockley station,located a short distance west,which had been opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854,and was closed with the line in 1972. [2]
The station has no car park,but ten cycle storage spaces are available. [3] The station has a ticket office,but this has limited opening hours;a self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the ticket hall is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Train running information is offered via automated announcements,CIS displays,timetable posters and customer help points on each side.
Outside the station entrance on Vyse Street is a sculpture called "Clockwork" by Mark Renn,which dates from 2004. There is also a Victorian cast iron public urinal,dating from around 1880,which is now disused but is grade II listed. [4]
Most services are operated by West Midlands Trains.
The Monday to Saturday off-peak service sees trains approximately every 15 minutes in each direction. [5] [6]
Eastbound:
Westbound:
Chiltern serve the station with one nighttime service to Stourbridge Junction on weekdays only,from London Marylebone. [7]
On Mondays to Fridays,West Midlands Metro services in each direction between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day,and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays. [8]
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