Alvechurch railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Alvechurch

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manager = London Midland
locale = Alvechurch
borough = Bromsgrove
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platforms = 1
start = 1 November 1859
code=ALV

Alvechurch railway station serves the village of Alvechurch in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line 18 km (11¼ miles) south west of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. The station itself is an unstaffed station with a bus-stop style shelter and only one platform.

ervices

Trains operate every 30 minutes all day, every day, between Redditch and Birmingham New Street, then continuing to Four Oaks and Lichfield.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The establishment of Passenger Transport Executives saw British Railways run trains on behalf of the West Midlands PTE, a process which continued when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980's. The station was operated by the Regional Railways sector on behalf of the West Midlands PTE. until the Privatisation of British Railways.

As a PTE station it has run trains under the marketing labels of Centro and Network West Midlands.

When the Cross-city line was upgraded and electrified in 1993 the platform at Alvechurch was resited slightly to the north. The result of this is that as soon as the old platform ends the new one begins. The former station building is now in private ownership.

References

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External links

* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/alvechurch.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Alvechurch railway station]