Bournville railway station
Bournville 
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| Location | |
| Place | Bournville |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°25′37″N 1°55′34″W / 52.427°N 1.926°WCoordinates: 52°25′37″N 1°55′34″W / 52.427°N 1.926°W |
| Grid reference | SP050810 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BRV |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.983 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.976 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.028 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.034 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.106 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| 3 April 1876 | Opened as Stirchley Street |
| 1880 | Renamed Stirchley Street and Bournville |
| 1885 | Line doubled |
| 1978 | Rebuilt |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bournville from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bournville railway station serves the Bournville area of Birmingham, England. It is on the Cross-City Line which runs from Redditch to Lichfield via Birmingham New Street.
The station opened on 3 April 1876 as the temporary southern terminus of the Birmingham West Suburban Railway, while the difficult construction of the junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway was completed at Kings Norton. Stirchley Street opened as a single platform with later added run around loop. In an initial land rental agreement with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, the station sits above Bournville Lane, as the tracks are on an embankment, shared with the canal.
With the opening of the Cadbury Bournville Factory in 1879, in 1880 the station was renamed Stirchley Street and Bournville. After an improved through connection was developed to the Birmingham and Gloucester at Kings Norton in 1885, the railway track to Birmingham was doubled along its lines entire length as the line was extended into Birmingham New Street. This necessitated the construction of a southbound platform between the line and the canal, resulting even today in a narrow concourse. In 1904, the station was finally renamed Bournville.
The station has never had any goods facilities, but north of its location were the exchange sidings with the 6 miles (9.7 km) of the Bournville Works Railway, while south of it there was a Midland Railway developed roundhouse engine shed, which opened in 1895 and closed in 1961. The station area has changed considerably since the Midland Railway days and lost virtually all its original features as the station was completely rebuilt by British Rail in 1978 along with the others on this line when the Cross-City route was commissioned. Prior to the rebuild, the station had only received a limited service (mainly at peak hours) for much of the 1960s and 1970s. The line electrified in 1993.
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