Where is Yardley Wood Station?

Yardley Wood Station is on Highfield Road between Hall Green and Yardley Wood, Birmingham, B28 0BY

 

In brief

The former Great Western Railway opened a station here in 1908 as Yardley Wood Platform (the suffix was later dropped). Most of the original station buildings are still intact. The station is more in Hall Green than Yardley Wood, but is close to three parts of the Shire Country Park (including the Trittiford Mill Pool, The Dingles and Chinn Brook Meadows). There is three trains an hour in both directions from Monday to Saturday each week, with one train an hour each direction on Sunday's. 

West Midlands Railway 196 101 passing Yardley Wood Station (August 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

 

Station building at Yardley Wood

The ticket office is at the top of the ramp near Highfield Road.

Yardley Wood Station (December 2011). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

You can pick up a free copy of the Metro newspaper from outside the station building. Is also a Smartcard reader here.

Yardley Wood Station (April 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

There is a ticket machine next to the station building. Useful if the station building is closed. But these days you can also buy an e-Ticket in the West Midlands Railway app instead.

Yardley Wood Station (August 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

 

Platforms at Yardley Wood

Both platforms can be accessed from ramps either side of the bridge on Highfield Road. Platform 1 for trains towards Whitlocks End and Stratford-upon-Avon. Platform 2 for trains towards Birmingham Moor Street / Snow Hill, Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster and Worcester Shrub Hill / Foregate Street.

Yardley Wood Station (December 2011). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

When West Midlands Railway took over the franchise from London Midland in December 2017, staff had to clear the platforms of the snow!

Yardley Wood Station (December 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Class 172 trains at Yardley Wood

The Class 172's were introduced onto the Snow Hill Lines in 2011 by London Midland. West Midlands Railway inherited them at the end of 2017, and later changed the livery inside and out by 2020.

London Midland 172 212 arrives at Yardley Wood Station (April 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

West Midlands Railway 172 338 arrives at Yardley Wood Station (August 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

West Midlands Railway 172222 arrives at Yardley Wood Station (January 2021). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

West Midlands Railway 172221 arrives at Yardley Wood Station (November 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown