Jewellery Quarter (JEQ)

Jewellery Quarter is a stop on the Birmingham Snow Hill - Worcester Line between Snow Hill and The Hawthorns.
WMR 172 005 departs Jewellery Quarter


Information
Type: National Rail (Snow Hill Lines)
Station code: JEQ
Opened: 1995
Platforms: 2 (+ 2 Midlands Metro)

Jewellery Quarter, serves the area of the same name just outside Birmingham city centre. The station was opened in 1995 as part of the restoration of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. No station had existed at this location previously though the former station of Hockley, which closed in 1972, was located nearby [1].

In 1999 the Midland Metro tram began operating, a stop at Jewellery Quarter is adjacent to the railway station (and with access via the platform). Access between the two railway platforms is via a footbridge.



Most services to Jewellery Quarter are operated by West Midlands Railway but some Chiltern Railways trains also stop during peak hours.
Station footbridge, a tunnel is just beyond the platforms at the Birmingham end

Chiltern 168 005 at Jewellery Quarter

Down this platform for the trams

Tram stop

In LM days 172 336 departs