Perry Barr Station

Perry Barr Railway Station is a railway station in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England. Although rebuilt around the time of electrification in the 1960s, it stands on the site of the original Grand Junction Railway station of 1837, and so is the oldest station on its original site in the city, and one of the oldest continually-operated station sites in the world. The pedestrian entrance is on the A34 Walsall Road. It has two platforms, one each side of the two operating lines, with no points or sidings. The ticket office is on a bridge over the tracks, which are below street level. It is manned on a part-time basis throughout the week. and has a Permit to Travel and self-service ticket machine available for use when the ticket office is closed. Waiting shelters and bench seating is provided at platform level, along with customer help points, CIS displays and automated announcements to offer train running information. Both platforms have step-free access via ramps. As well as local residents, shops and businesses, it serves: Alexander StadiumPerry Barr StadiumPerry Hall ParkBirmingham City Universitya number of bus services, including the Outer CircleServicesThe typical Monday-Saturday daytime service sees two trains per hour in each direction between Walsall and Birmingham New Street that are operated by Class 323 electric trains. This service is reduced to one train per hour in the evenings and on Sundays. There are a small number of early morning and late evening trains on weekdays that are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and extend past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.

Perry Barr Railway Station is a railway station in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England. Although rebuilt around the time of electrification in the 1960s, it stands on the site of the original Grand Junction Railway station of 1837, and so is the oldest station on its original site in the city, and one of the oldest continually-operated station sites in the world. The pedestrian entrance is on the A34 Walsall Road. It has two platforms, one each side of the two operating lines, with no points or sidings. The ticket office is on a bridge over the tracks, which are below street level. It is manned on a part-time basis throughout the week. and has a Permit to Travel and self-service ticket machine available for use when the ticket office is closed. Waiting shelters and bench seating is provided at platform level, along with customer help points, CIS displays and automated announcements to offer train running information. Both platforms have step-free access via ramps. As well as local residents, shops and businesses, it serves: Alexander StadiumPerry Barr StadiumPerry Hall ParkBirmingham City Universitya number of bus services, including the Outer CircleServicesThe typical Monday-Saturday daytime service sees two trains per hour in each direction between Walsall and Birmingham New Street that are operated by Class 323 electric trains. This service is reduced to one train per hour in the evenings and on Sundays. There are a small number of early morning and late evening trains on weekdays that are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and extend past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley.