Trains to Smethwick Galton Bridge - Station Details and further Information on Train Services
Smethwick Galton Bridge is a train station in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The station is situated where two lines cross at different levels: the line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction crosses over the Stour valley line by means of a bridge. There are four platforms, two on each line. London Midland manage the station and operate the majority of its services, with others provided by Chiltern Railways and Arriva Trains Wales.
The present station opened in 1995 when the line from Birmingham Snow Hill reopened, replacing the nearby Smethwick West station. In 2005/6, 481,000 people changed trains at Smethwick Galton Bridge, 4.7 times the amount that began or ended journeys at the station, making it the busiest station in Smethwick.
The High Level platforms 1 & 2 are served by Chiltern Railways & London Midland. Services by Chiltern Railways are run by the Class 168 to London Marylebone, but this service only runs during the weekday peak time and the Kidderminster to London Marylebone route, with 6 trains to London in the morning and 5 from London in the evening. London Midland services run much as the former Central Trains did, with Class 150 units; running every 10 minutes to Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill and Moor Street off peak. Some trains to Stourbridge run on to Kidderminster, Worcester and Great Malvern. Trains to Birmingham split off and either go on to Dorridge or Shirley and Stratford-upon-Avon.
The low level platforms are served by:
A half-hourly local service between Walsall and Wolverhampton, via Birmingham New Street.
An hourly Arriva Trains Wales service from Birmingham International to Chester (some extending to Holyhead) or Aberystwyth.
An hourly service to Liverpool Lime Street, operated by London Midland.
The low-level platforms are also used by Wrexham and Shropshire when Tame Bridge Parkway is closed in the event of engineering works. |
