Notes: The construction of Birmingham Moor Street station by the Great Western Railway (GWR) was to alieviate the congestion at the Company's main Birmingham station, Snow Hill. The station was designed to allow commuter services from the south of the city to terminate short of the double track tunnel through which all northbound services had to travel. Upon opening the station was served by servcies mainly from Stratford-upon-Avon, Henley-in-Arden and Shirley.
In the final year of the GWR the July 1922 timetable shows that there was a basic hourly service of departures and arrivals with extra services provided for the morning and evening commute to and from the city. There were 21 deprtures and 23 arrivals Monday through Friday with 19 departures and 23 arrivals on Saturday's.
Departures July 1922 |
To |
Arrivals July 1922 |
From |
7.40am |
Shirley |
6.33am |
Shirley |
8.35am |
Shirley |
7.35am |
Henley-in-Arden |
9.20am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.27am |
Henely-in-Arden |
9.35am |
Henely-in-Arden |
8.39am |
Shirley |
10.15am |
Bearley |
8.44am |
Hall Green |
12.25pm |
Henley-in-Arden (Stratford-upon-Avon SO) |
8.58am |
Henley-in-Arden |
1.00pm |
Shirley |
9.07am |
Henely-in-Arden |
1.20pm |
Bearley |
9.25am |
Shirley |
2.35pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
9.50pm |
Bearley |
3.20pm |
Henely-in-Arden |
10.05am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.30pm |
Earleswood Lakes |
11.30am |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.05pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
12.12pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
5.20pm |
Henely-in-Arden |
1.05pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
6.07pm |
Bearley |
2.13pm (SX) |
Shirley |
6.10pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
2.30pm (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
6.40pm |
Shirley |
2.52pm (SO) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
7.05pm (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
3.52pm |
Bearley (Stratford-upon-Avon SO) |
7.40pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.19pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
8.45pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.35pm |
Shirley |
9.25pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
6.09pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
10.30pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
7.35pm (SX) |
Shirley |
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7.48pm (SO) |
Earleswood Lakes |
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8.03pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
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8.20pm |
Bearley |
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9.17pm (SO) |
Earleswood Lakes |
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9.34pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
By 1949 the service had remained pretty much static the only major difference with the 1922 timetable was the abolition of certain commuter services into the city on Saturday's. There were 20 departures and 24 arrivals Monday to Friday with 18 departurtes and arrivals on Saturday's
Departures Summer 1949 |
To |
Arrivals Summer 1949 |
From |
7.05am (SX) |
Earleswood Lakes |
6.46am (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
7.10am (SO) |
Earleswood Lakes |
6.56am (SO) |
Henley-in-Arden |
9.35am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
7.16am (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
10.20am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
7.37am (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
11.30am |
Henley-in-Arden |
8.06am |
Henley-in-Arden |
12.25pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.22am (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
12.45pm |
Earlewood Lakes (Henley-in-Arden SO) |
8.40am |
Earleswood Lakes |
1.20pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.45am |
Leamington Spa |
2.30pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.50am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.30pm |
Henley-in-Arden (Stratford-upon-Avon SO) |
9.00am |
Earleswood Lakes |
5.00pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
9.20am |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.08pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
10.03am (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.20pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
10.11am (SO) |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.35pm (SX) |
Shirley |
10.20am (SX) |
Earleswood Lakes |
6.00pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
11.15am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
6.30pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
1.04pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
7.00pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
2.00pm (SX) |
Earleswood Lakes |
7.40pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
2.20pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
8.40pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
3.17pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
9.50pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
4.04pm (SO) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
10.30pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.26pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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6.18pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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6.32pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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7.51pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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8.41pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
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9.41pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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11.05pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
Following the London Midland Region's (LMR) unsuccesful attempt to withdraw the service in 1969 there was a change in the starting point of several of the services which arrived at Moor Street. Along with this, more services started to run through to Leamington Spa. By the 1975 timetable, services were arriving from Oxford and Didcot with Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon being the popular destrinations. The first all line timetable, dated 5th May 1975, shows there were 21 departures and 26 arrivals Monday to Friday with 14 departures and 17 arrivals on Saturday's.
Departures May 1975 |
To |
Arrivals May 1975 |
From |
9.10am |
Henley-in-Arden |
7.16am |
Leamington Spa |
10.10am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
7.22am (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
11.10am |
Henley-in-Arden |
7.46am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
12.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
7.50am (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
1.10pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
8.16am |
Leamington Spa (Banbury SO) |
2.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.24am (SX) |
Banbury |
3.10pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
8.32am (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.05pm |
Leamington Spa |
8.42am (SO) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.44am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
4.45pm (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
8.52am (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
4.55pm (SO) |
Leamington Spa |
9.07am (SO) |
Didcot |
5.00pm (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
9.14am (SO) |
Oxford |
5.05pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
9.15am (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
5.10pm |
Dorridge (Henley-in-Arden SO) |
10.22am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
5.23pm (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
11.22am |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.28pm (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
12.22pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
5.45pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
1.22pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
5.53pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
2.22pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
6.00pm (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
3.22pm |
Henley-in-Arden |
6.10pm (SO) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.00pm |
Leamington Spa |
6.14pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.22pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
6.33pm |
Leamington Spa |
5.00pm |
Leamington Spa |
6.40pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
5.18pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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5.22pm (SO) |
Henley-in-Arden |
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5.55pm |
Leamington Spa |
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6.10pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
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6.15pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
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6.29pm |
Stratfrod-upon-Avon |
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7.22pm (SO) |
Henley-in-Arden |
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7.50pm (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
The closure of the original terminus station at Moor Street, in 1987, and the opening of the through platforms to Snow Hill along with the support of the West Midlands Public Transport Executive (WMPTE) saw a revolution in the passenger services departing and arriving from Moor Street. The service shown in the 15 May 1989 timetable shows there were 85 departures Monday to Friday along with 80 arrivals, on Saturday's there were 69 departures and 66 arrivals, there was still no Sunday service.
Departures May 1989 |
To |
Arrivals May 1989 |
From |
6.25am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
6.34am (SX) |
Small Heath |
6.40am |
Sttratford-upon-Avon |
6.49am (SX) |
Small Heath |
6.55am |
Leamington Spa |
7.10am |
Leamington Spa |
7.05am |
Shirley |
7.22am (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
7.16am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
7.40am (SO) |
Leamington Spa |
7.28am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
7.41am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
7.35am (SO) |
Leamington Spa |
7.51am (SO) |
Shirley |
7.40am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
7.52am (SX) |
Stratford-upo-Avon |
7.55am (SX) |
Dorridge |
7.56am |
Tyseley |
8.05am (SO) |
Shirley |
7.57am (SX) |
Dorridge |
8.06am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
8.08am |
Leamington Spa |
8.10am (SX) |
Shirley |
8.12am (SX) |
Shirley |
8.18am (SX) |
Small Heath |
8.19am (SX) |
Banbury |
8.25am |
Dorridge |
8.23am (SO) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.36am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.24am (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.40am |
Shirley |
8.29am (SX) |
Dorridge |
8.47am (SX) |
Small Heath |
8.36am (SX) |
Shirley |
8.55am |
Dorridge |
8.40am |
Leamington Spa |
9.10am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.49am (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
9.25am |
Dorridge |
8.51am (SO) |
Shirley |
9.36am |
Leamington Spa |
8.53am (SX) |
Henley-in-Arden |
9.40am |
Shirley |
8.57am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
9.55am |
Dorridge |
9.10am |
Dorridge |
10.10am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
9.21am |
Shirley (Stratford-upon-Avon SO) |
10.25am |
Dorridge |
9.25am |
Leamington Spa |
10.26am |
BirminghamSnow Hill |
9.40am |
Dorridge |
10.36am |
Leamington Spa |
9.51am |
Shirley |
10.40am |
Shirley |
9.55am (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
10.55am |
Dorridge |
10.00am (SO) |
Leamington Spa |
11.10am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
10.10am |
Dorridge |
11.25am |
Dorridge |
10.21am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
11.36am |
Leamington Spa |
10.25am |
Leamington Spa |
11.40am |
Shirley |
10.40am |
Dorridge |
11.55am |
Dorridge |
10.51am |
Shirley |
12.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
11.10am |
Dorridge |
12.25pm |
Dorridge |
11.21am |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
12.36pm |
Leamington Spa |
11.25am |
Leamington Spa |
12.40pm |
Shirley |
11.40am |
Dorridge |
12.55pm |
Dorridge |
11.51am |
Shirley |
1.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
12.10pm |
Dorridge |
1.25pm |
Dorridge |
12.21pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
1.36pm |
Leamington Spa |
12.25pm |
Leamington Spa |
1.40pm |
Shirley |
12.40pm |
Dorridge |
1.55pm |
Dorridge |
12.51pm |
Shirley |
2.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
1.10pm |
Dorridge |
2.25pm |
Dorridge |
1.21pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
2.36pm |
Leamington Spa |
1.25pm |
Leamington Spa |
2.40pm |
Shirley |
1.40pm |
Dorridge |
2.55pm |
Dorridge |
1.51pm |
Shirley |
3.06pm (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
2.10pm |
Dorridge |
3.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
2.21pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
3.25pm |
Dorridge |
2.25pm |
Leamington Spa |
3.36pm |
Leamington Spa |
2.40pm |
Dorridge |
3.40pm |
Shirley |
2.51pm |
Shirley |
3.55pm |
Leamington Spa |
3.10pm |
Dorridge |
4.06pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
3.21pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
3.25pm |
Leamington Spa |
4.25pm |
Dorridge |
3.40pm |
Dorridge |
4.36pm |
Leamington Spa |
3.51pm |
Shirley |
4.40pm |
Shirley |
4.10pm |
Dorridge |
4.45pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
4.21pm (SO) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.55pm (SX) |
Shirley |
4.22pm (SX) |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
5.01pm (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
4.25pm |
Leamington Spa |
5.05pm |
Dorridge (Leamington Spa SO) |
4.40pm (SO) |
Dorridge |
5.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.41pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
5.15pm (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
4.47pm (SX) |
Leamington Spa |
5.21pm (SX) |
Shirley |
4.51pm (SO) |
Shirley |
5.27pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
4.55pm (SX) |
Shirley |
5.36pm |
Leamington Spa |
5.01pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
5.40pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon (Shirley SO) |
5.15pm |
Leamington Spa |
5.44pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
5.20pm (SO) |
Dorridge |
5.55pm (SX) |
Shirley |
5.21pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
5.59pm |
Leamington Spa |
5.26pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
6.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
5.40pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
6.16pm (SX) |
Dorridge |
5.48pm |
Leamington Spa |
6.25pm |
Leamington Spa |
5.51pm |
Shirley |
6.40pm |
Shirley |
6.10pm |
Dorridge |
6.55pm |
Leamington Spa |
6.21pm |
Stratfrod-upon-Avon |
7.10pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
6.40pm |
Leamington Spa |
7.40pm |
Shirley |
6.51pm |
Shirley |
7.55pm |
Leamington Spa |
7.10pm |
Leamington Spa |
8.40pm |
Shirley |
7.21pm |
Stratford-upon-Avon |
8.55pm |
Leamington Spa |
7.40pm |
Dorridge (Stratford-upon-Avon SO) |
9.40pm |
Shirley |
8.10pm |
Leamington Spa |
9.55pm |
Leamington Spa |
8.34pm |
Shirley |
10.25pm |
Dorridge |
9.10pm |
Leamington Spa |
10.55pm |
Leamington Spa |
9.34pm |
Shirley |
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10.10pm |
Leamington Spa |
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10.34pm |
Shirey |
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