Bordesley railway station is a small railway station serving the area of Bordesley in Birmingham, England located between Birmingham Moor Street and Small Heath stations. The current minimal level of service at the station is provided by West Midlands Trains services between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon. The station is the least used in the West Midlands county with only 120 passengers using it annually.

Bordesley
The station in 2020 with football fans departing for a match.
General information
Location	Bordesley, City of Birmingham England
Coordinates	52.471524°N 1.876624°W / 52.471524; -1.876624
Grid reference	SP084860
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BBS
Fare zone	2
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1855
Passengers
2016/17	15,092
2017/18	18,182
2018/19	20,688
2019/20	24,180
2020/21	120
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The single island platform is above street level, as the railway line here is on a viaduct. The only public access is from Coventry Road, directly underneath the railway bridge.

History

Bordesley station was opened in 1855 by the Great Western Railway on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside). It was originally a two platform station, but was rebuilt as a four platform station with two island platforms when the line was upgraded to four tracks during 1915. The station once had extensive cattle sidings adjacent to and on Duddeston Viaduct. This viaduct was intended to link the line from Bordesley to the Derby Line but was left incomplete when it was realised that trains would be unable to serve Birmingham Curzon Street railway station, where rail services then terminated.[1][2]

The station still carries the painted lettering "BR(W) Bordesley Cattle Station", and "Bordesley Cattle Station GWR" from the time when, as part of the Great Western Railway and later British Rail's (Western) region, it was used to bring cattle from the countryside to the Bull Ring markets.[3]

The station was downgraded in the 1960s to minimal facilities and services, and one island platform was taken out of use.[1]

Services

Since May 2007, the station has been served by a single weekly parliamentary train in one direction only. Currently this is the 13:40 train from Whitlocks End to Worcester Foregate Street which calls at Bordesley at 13:56 on Saturdays only.

The station primarily serves as a match day stop for nearby St Andrew's stadium of Birmingham City Football Club, and additional services stop there when there are home fixtures.[1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Small Heath		West Midlands Railway Snow Hill Lines Very limited service		Birmingham Moor Street

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bordesley railway station.

• Train times and station information for Bordesley railway station from National Rail
• History of the station with old photos
• Descriptive tour with modern photos