Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station
Smethwick Galton Bridge 
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Smethwick Galton Bridge high-level.
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| Location | |
| Place | Smethwick |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Grid reference | SP014893 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SGB |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 4 (2 high level, 2 low level) |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.495 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.516 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.561 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.577 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.640 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 2 |
| History | |
| 1995 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Smethwick Galton Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Smethwick Galton Bridge is a split-level railway station in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is at a point where two railways lines cross on two levels. It has platforms on both lines, allowing interchange between them. The two low-level platforms serve the Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton Line, while the two high-level platforms serve the Birmingham Snow Hill to Worcester Line. The high level line passes over the low level line at a right angle on a bridge. London Midland manage the station and operate the majority of its services, with others provided by Chiltern Railways and Arriva Trains Wales.
It is an important interchange; 461,664 people changed trains at the station during 2014/15.
The station was opened in September 1995 as part of the Jewellery Line scheme to reopen the line between Smethwick and Birmingham Snow Hill station. It was built as an interchange station between two lines, and the platforms on both lines opened at the same time. It is named after the adjacent Galton Bridge. Upon opening, the nearby Smethwick West station became redundant and was closed soon after.
There are 4 platforms at Smethwick Galton Bridge. Platforms 1 & 2 are on the Birmingham - Worcester line, whilst Platforms 3 & 4 are on the Birmingham - Wolverhampton line.
London Midland provide most of the passenger services, on the high level platforms they offer 6 tph (trains per hour) between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stourbridge Junction using their Class 172 Turbostar DMUs, of these, 4tph continue past Stourbridge to Kidderminster, and two of these continue to either Worcester Shrub Hill and/or Worcester Foregate Street, with some services continuing to Great Malvern. In the opposite direction, 3tph extend beyond Snow Hill to Dorridge and 3tph Whitlocks End, with 1tph each from Dorridge and Whitlocks End extending to Stratford-Upon-Avon.
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