Lea Hall  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Lea Hall,Birmingham England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°28′48″N1°47′10″W / 52.480°N 1.786°W /52.480; -1.786 | ||||
| Grid reference | SP145869 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | LEH | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1939 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.652 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.113 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.260 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.338 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.410 million | ||||
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Lea Hall railway station is situated in theLea Hall area east of the city ofBirmingham, in theWest Midlands ofEngland. It has two platforms, one each side of the two running lines, with no points or sidings. The ticket office is on a bridge over the tracks, which are a little below street level. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated byWest Midlands Trains. Ramps have been added to permit easy disabled access to both platforms.
The station was designed by the architectWilliam Henry Hamlyn and opened in 1939.[1]
In 1998 the station was re-designed with new sculptures and colour scheme byTim Tolkien, great nephew of writerJ. R. R. Tolkien.
The station has a ticket office located on the bridge over the tracks which is open Monday-Thursday 07:15-19:00, Friday 07:00-20:00, Saturday 08:00-20:00 and Sunday 11:00-14:00.[2] When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket machine above platform 1 which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train.
There is a free car park for rail users on Lea Hall Road.
Step free access is available between the platforms via the ramp.[3]
Lea Hall is served by two trains per hour, westbound toRugeley Trent Valley viaBirmingham New Street and toBirmingham International eastbound. A limited service operates beyondBirmingham International towardsCoventry andNorthampton mainly at peak times and the start/end of service.
On Sundays, there is an hourly service westbound toBirmingham New Street and eastbound toBirmingham International with the first 4 and last 4 services extending toCoventry,Northampton viaRugby orLondon Euston.[4][5][6]
All services are operated byWest Midlands Trains. Most services operate under theWest Midlands Railway brand but some services (those which start/terminate atNorthampton orEuston) operate under theLondon Northwestern Railway brand.
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