Jewellery Quarter station is a combined

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and

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, situated in the

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. The station is served by

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(who operate the station), Chiltern Railways, and

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. The station is set at the mouth of Hockley No 2 Tunnel below the elevation of its road-level access point on Vyse Street; stairs and a lift are provided.

History

Jewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995, as part of the " Jewellery Line" project which saw the re-introduction of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. Midland Metro services commenced in 1999, when its first (and so far only) line from Birmingham to

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opened. No previous station had existed at this site, however the area was historically served by Hockley station, located a short distance west, which had been opened by the Great Western Railway in 1854, and was closed with the line in 1972.

Facilities

The station has no car park, but ten cycle storage spaces are available. The station has a ticket office, but this has limited opening hours; a self-service ticket machine is provided for use when the ticket hall is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Train running information is offered via automated announcements, CIS displays, timetable posters and customer help points on each side. Outside the station entrance on Vyse Street is a sculpture called "Clockwork" by Mark Renn, which dates from 2004. There is also a Victorian

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public urinal, dating from around 1880, which is now disused but is grade II listed. File:Jewellery Quarter railway station Birmingham, geograph 5669518 by Jaggery.jpg, View east from the railway platform towards station buildings. File:Entrance to Jewellery Quarter Station, geograph 6321038 by Philip Halling.jpg, The station frontage on Vyse Street, with to the right a grade II

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cast-iron urinal. File:Jewellery Quarter Station (cropped).jpg, "Clockwork" sculpture outside the station entrance. File:Public toilet on Vyse Street, geograph 6321297 by Philip Halling.jpg, The former cast iron public urinal outside the station entrance

Services

Train

Most trains are operated by

. The Monday to Saturday daytime service sees trains approximately every 10 minutes in each direction, operating between Stourbridge Junction, Birmingham Snow Hill, and either

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or Whitlocks End. Many trains continue beyond Stourbridge to

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, Worcester Foregate Street or

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, and some continue beyond Whitlocks End & Dorridge to Stratford-upon-Avon. Chiltern Railways services operate in peak hours only, between and . Unlike WMT services, only a few Chiltern trains call at Jewellery Quarter.

Metro

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services operate at frequent intervals, between

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and Wolverhampton St George's. Mondays to Fridays, Midland Metro services in each direction run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays.

References

External links

Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Jewellery Quarter railway station
{{West Midlands Metro Railway stations opened by Railtrack Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1995 Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands DfT Category E stations West Midlands Metro stops Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains