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Duddeston Duddeston is an inner-city area of the Nechells ward of central Birmingham, England. It was part of the Birmingham Duddeston constituency until that ceased to exist in 1950. Etymology The name ''Duddeston'' comes from ''Dud's Town'', with Dud be ...
area of
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, England. It is sited on the
Cross-City Line The Cross-City Line is a suburban rail line in the West Midlands region of England. It runs for from Redditch and Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, its two southern termini, to Lichfield, Staffordshire, its northern terminus, via , connecting the ...
between
Bromsgrove Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about north-east of Worcester and south-west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 34,755 in at the 2021 census. It gives its name to the wider Bromsgrove District, of which it is ...
and
Redditch Redditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, north-west of Alcester and north-east of Worcester. In 2021, the town had a population of ...
in the south and Four Oaks and Lichfield Trent Valley in the north and the
Chase Line The Chase Line is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of England. It runs from its southern terminus, , to , and then in Staffordshire, where it joins the Trent Valley line. The name of the line refers to Cannock Chase which ...
between Birmingham International and Rugeley Trent Valley. Both lines run towards in the southbound direction.


History

Duddeston opened in 1837 as Vauxhall, the temporary Birmingham terminus of the
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from
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. When the permanent terminus at
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opened in 1839, Vauxhall became a goods-only station. Bloomsbury and Nechells station opened nearby in 1856. An extract from an 1859 railway inspector's report into a minor collision reveals something of how the station was operated: The station was rebuilt and re-opened to passengers in 1869 under the
LNWR The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world. Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...
, and Bloomsbury and Nechells station closed. The station was renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston in 1889. In 1941 it was hit by a bomb during a night raid and was destroyed. It was rebuilt in a temporary fashion, and in the mid-1950s it caught fire and was subsequently rebuilt. The line through the station, to Walsall via
Perry Barr Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is also the name of a Government of Birmingham, England#Council constituencies, council constituency, managed by its own ...
, was electrified in 1966 as part of the London Midland Region's electrification programme. The actual energization of the line from Coventry to Walsall through Perry Barr took place on 15 August 1966. The station was renamed Duddeston on 6 May 1974. The entrance and ticket hall are over the tracks, on the Duddeston Mill Road bridge. The former
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line to
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is nearby. Adjacent are railway sheds that were once used for industrial purposes. They are now disused and the entrance has been blocked to prevent
trespass Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person (see below), trespass to chattels, and trespass to land. Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery ...
ing. A shed on the opposite side of the station to the remaining sheds has been demolished and its site is wasteland. The station has two
island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
s serving four tracks, but only one island platform and two tracks remain in use; the others have fallen into disrepair. The remaining platform features artwork on black metal backgrounds.


Facilities

The station has a ticket office located on the concourse, though it is open from 08:00 to 10:00 on Mondays to Fridays only. There is also a ticket machine on the concourse. In 2011, London Midland proposed the closure of the ticket office. The request was denied.


Services

Duddeston is served by
West Midlands Trains West Midlands Trains (WMT) is a British train operating company. It operates passenger trains on the West Midlands franchise between London and the English Midlands under two trading names: within the West Midlands region as West Midlands Rai ...
with services on both the
Cross-City Line The Cross-City Line is a suburban rail line in the West Midlands region of England. It runs for from Redditch and Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, its two southern termini, to Lichfield, Staffordshire, its northern terminus, via , connecting the ...
and the
Chase Line The Chase Line is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of England. It runs from its southern terminus, , to , and then in Staffordshire, where it joins the Trent Valley line. The name of the line refers to Cannock Chase which ...
. Cross-City services are operated using
Electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...
s (EMUs) while Chase Line services are operated using and Class 730 EMUs. The typical service pattern is as follows:


Mondays to Saturdays

*4 trains per hour (tph) northbound to . **Of which: ***2 tph continue northbound to via , calling at all stations to Four Oaks, departing from Platform 1. ***2 tph continue to via , calling at all stations Aston to Walsall, departing from Platform 1. *4 tph southbound to . ***Of which: ***2 tph continue southbound to via and , calling at all stations to Redditch. *** 2tph continue to via , calling at all stations to Wolverhampton. A limited number of trains continue past Walsall to , usually 2 trains per day on weekdays.


Sundays

*2 tph northbound to , calling at all stations. *2 tph southbound to Redditch, calling at all stations. *1 tph to Walsall, calling at all stations. *1 tph to Wolverhampton, calling at all stations. The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 5 minutes.


References


External links


Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Duddeston Station
{{West Midlands railway stations, open Grand Junction Railway Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands DfT Category E stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1837 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1839 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869 Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains 1869 establishments in England 1837 establishments in England