Smethwick Galton Bridge Railway Station
Smethwick Galton Bridge is a railway 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, named for the adjacent Galton Bridge, 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. Excluding interchanges it is normally slightly less busy than the more centrally located Smethwick Rolfe Street, though that was not the case in the 2006/07 statistics.
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