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Bournville  | |||||
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 Bournville station looking north, alongside theWorcester and Birmingham Canal. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Bournville, Birmingham, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°25′37″N1°55′34″W / 52.427°N 1.926°W /52.427; -1.926 | ||||
| Grid reference | SP050810 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BRV | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 3 April 1876 | Opened as Stirchley Street | ||||
| 1880 | Renamed Stirchley Street and Bournville | ||||
| 1885 | Line doubled | ||||
| 1904 | Renamed Bournville | ||||
| 1978 | Rebuilt | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.200 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.511 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.702 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.862 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.996 million | ||||
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Bournville railway station serves theBournville area ofBirmingham, in theWest Midlands, England. It is on theCross-City Line, which runs fromRedditch/Bromsgrove toLichfield Trent Valley, viaBirmingham New Street.
The station opened on 3 April 1876[1] as the temporary southern terminus of theBirmingham West Suburban Railway, while the difficult construction of the junction with theBirmingham and Gloucester Railway was completed atKings Norton.Stirchley Street opened as a single platform with later added run around loop. In an initial land rental agreement with theWorcester and Birmingham Canal, the station sits above Bournville Lane, as the tracks are on anembankment, shared with the canal.
With the opening of theCadbury Bournville factory in 1879, the station was renamedStirchley Street and Bournville in 1880. After an improved through connection was developed to the Birmingham and Gloucester at Kings Norton in 1885, the railway track to Birmingham was doubled along its lines entire length as the line was extended into Birmingham New Street. This necessitated the construction of a southbound platform between the line and the canal, resulting in a narrow platform. In 1904, the station was finally renamedBournville.[2]
The station did not have goods facilities, but north of its location were the exchange sidings with the 6 miles (9.7 km) of theBournville Works Railway; south of it there was aMidland Railway developedroundhouseengine shed, which opened in 1895 and closed in 1961. The station area has changed considerably since the Midland Railway days and lost virtually all its original features as the station was completely rebuilt byBritish Rail in 1978 to the designs of the architect John Broome[3] along with the others on this line when the Cross-City route was commissioned. Prior to the rebuild, the station had only received a limited service (mainly at peak hours) for much of the 1960s and 1970s. The line waselectrified in 1993.
TheCadbury chocolate factory is still adjacent to the station, reflected in the fact that Bournville station is partly painted in Cadbury purple. Station signs include the famous Cadbury logo, a reflection of it providing ideal access forCadbury World.
Bournville station is equipped with real-time information departure boards. Both platforms have step-free access (by means of a ramp) from the Mary Vale Road entrance. The main station entrance, via the ticket office on Bournville Lane, only provides access to the platforms via steep steps. There is a ticket machine on platform 1 (for trains towards Birmingham New Street) for the benefit of passengers who enter the station via the step-free entrance.[4]
The station currently only serves trains of the Cross City Line; all services are operated byClass 730electric multiple units.[5]
West Midlands Railway operates the following off-peak service pattern, in trains per hour (tph):[6][7]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Selly Oak | West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks –Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line | Kings Norton | ||
