Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station

Smethwick Galton Bridge
Smethwick Galton Bridge high-level.
General information
Location	Smethwick, Sandwell England
Grid reference	SP014893
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	4 (2 high level, 2 low level)
Other information
Station code	SGB
Fare zone	2
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
September 1995	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.869 million
Interchange	0.616 million

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Coseley towards Liverpool Lime Street		London Northwestern Railway Birmingham–Liverpool		Birmingham New Street Terminus
Smethwick Rolfe Street		West Midlands Railway Walsall / Birmingham - Wolverhampton		Sandwell & Dudley
Birmingham New Street		West Midlands Railway Birmingham - Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury		Wolverhampton
The Hawthorns		West Midlands Railway Stratford - Birmingham - Worcester via Kidderminster		Langley Green
		West Midlands Railway Leamington Spa - Birmingham - Worcester
		Chiltern Railways London - Birmingham - Stourbridge Limited service

Transport Links

The majority of people who travel towards Smethwick Galton Bridge travel via bus. The buses that travel to Smethwick Galton Bridge are the 80 travelling towards Birmingham and West Bromwich, and the 87 bus travelling towards Dudley and Birmingham. ^[14]

Provision for car parking is limited. There is a small car park next to the station and a bigger car park across the road.

References

1. "Station usage - : Office of Rail Regulation". Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
2. "Three new stations in summer timetable". Modern Railways . No. 562. July 1999. p. 388.
3. "Smetwick Galton Bridge, 1995 present". Rail around Birmingham & the West Midlands. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
4. "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
5. "Timetable - 21 May 2023 - December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
6. "From Sunday 21 May 2023, we will introduce our new timetable". Chiltern Railways. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
7. "Passengers advised new train timetables imminent". BBC News. 5 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
8. "Chiltern Railways customers in Oxfordshire urged to check their journey as all train times in Banbury and Bicester set to change". Oxfordshire Live. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
9. "Timetable | Birmingham New Street - Liverpool Lime Street | Timetable from Sunday 10 December 2023". London Northwestern Railway.
10. "Train times | 10 December until 1 June 2024 | Rugeley to Birmingham New Street via Walsall". West Midlands Railway.
11. "Train times | 10 December 2023 until 1 June 2024 | Wolverhampton to Birmingham via Smethwick". West Midlands Railway.
12. "Train Timetables and Schedules | Smethwick Galton Bridge". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
13. "December Timetable Change – what's happening?". Railsmartr. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
14. "Detail". Network West Midlands. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 96-98. ISBN   9781904474975. OCLC   263292710.

External links

• Train times and station information for Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Smethwick Galton Bridge station

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