Wythall is a stop on the North Warwickshire / Shakespeare Line in Worcestershire between Whitlocks End and Earlswood. Although just outside the West Midlands area the station is still included in the West Midlands PTE area.
WMR 172 331 departs for Stratford
Information
Type:
National Rail (Shakespeare Line)
Station code:
WYT
Opened:
1908
Platforms:
2
The station was opened in 1908 by the Great Western Railway as Grimes Hill Platform (Grimes Hill being the name of the area immediately adjacent to the station). In 1914 it was renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform [1], in 1974 it became just Wythall. The station has always been rather basic, lacking a goods yard. Original station facilities were a pair of pagoda style huts on the platforms. Not much has changed over the years though the shelters are now concrete!
Wythall is served by trains on the hourly service from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon. Most Birmingham services terminate at Stourbridge Junction though some continue to Worcester Foregate Street. Wythall no longer has a ticket office though the building remains in place.
Former ticket office
View down the platform
A West Midlands Railway 172 departs for Stratford-upon-Avon
Permit to travel machine, now removed
Another West Midlands Railway service arrives at the station
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Moor Street (Middleton Press, 2006) Map. XIX
