Representing Stirchley Residents
Simon Foster, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner will be attending our October meeting on Monday 13th October. This is an opportunity to discuss topics relating to Stirchley and West Midlands Police in general.
Please come along to Stirchley Community Church at 7.30pm to join us.
Speak to members of the team building the new station in Stirchley, Pineapple Road, as well as the Moseley Village, Kings Heath stations.
Transport for West Midlands will be holding drop-in sessions where you can hear updates about the project and share your feedback with the team. they would be grateful if you could sign up for a session using the link below so they have an idea of how many people will be attending.
Stirchley Baths, Bournville Lane
Wednesday 14 August, 5-7pm
Sign up for the Stirchley event
At last week’s Stirchley Ward meeting, convened by Councillor Mary Locke, there was a presentation from West Midlands Rail Executive updating on Pineapple Station. Many people asked for the presentation to be shared and so we have uploaded it here.
An unfortunate series of events means the Pineapple Road train station reopening to passengers will likely be delayed until the end of 2024.
An unstable wall that borders a locally listed building at Pineapple Road has had to be rebuilt brick by brick. Meanwhile, a previously undocumented Victorian well at the Kings Heath site, linked to the historic Highbury Hall, has meant a redesign of the area. Over in Moseley, badgers, who are protected species, have been discovered on the grounds and can only be moved at certain times of the year.
Despite these challenges, much of the structural work to prepare the site has now been completed at Kings Heath and Pineapple Road and the platforms are taking shape. Whilst the stations may not reopen until later, Transport for West Midlands have are of the view that most of construction work will be finished early next year.
Neil Gaskin, programme director for Network Rail’s Central Route, said: “These stations unlock the railway to three vibrant communities in Birmingham, which will bring benefits and opportunities to thousands of people and businesses. They will be worth the wait and we will continue to work with our partners to support them opening as soon as possible.”
Transport for West Midlands have advised of the following changes to bus routes.
From 2nd April 2023, Kevs Cars & Coaches will vary their timetable to improve reliability. The route is amended to terminate at Longbridge during the peaks due to roadworks affecting reliability.
From 16th April 2023, National Express West Midlands are replacing this service by a new NXWM service 20 between Bromsgrove and QE Hosptial.