Longbridge railway station
Longbridge railway station serves the Longbridge, Rednal, Rubery and West Heath areas in the far south-west of Birmingham, England. It is on the Cross City Line. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by West Midlands Trains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Also known as: “LOB”, “Longbridge Railway Station”, and “Longbridge Station”
- Address: Longbridge Lane, Birmingham
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John the Baptist’s Church, Longbridge and Turves Green Boys’ School.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Longbridge
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church, Longbridge is a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham. St John the Baptist’s Church, Longbridge is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Longbridge railway station.
Turves Green Boys’ School
School
Turves Green Boys' School is a secondary school in the West Heath area of Birmingham, England. It is approximately 80 years old. The school is an all-boys school which previously held Technology College and Humanities College status. Turves Green Boys’ School is situated 2,300 feet east of Longbridge railway station.
St. Columba’s Catholic Primary School
School
Rednal is a residential suburb on the south western edge of metropolitan Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 9 miles southwest of Birmingham city centre and forming part of Longbridge parish and electoral ward. St. Columba’s Catholic Primary School is situated 2,500 feet west of Longbridge railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longbridge and Austin Village.
Longbridge
Suburb
Austin Village
Locality
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Austin Village is a First World War housing estate of prefabs between Longbridge and Northfield, Birmingham. Herbert Austin, who created the Austin Motor Company at Longbridge in 1905, had to take on more workers during the First World War when his factory became involved in making tanks and aircraft.
Turves Green
Village
Turves Green is an area of Birmingham partly in West Heath and partly in Northfield. In addition the area of Longbridge borders Turves Green. A road with the simple name Turves Green runs through the area.
Longbridge railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.39701° or 52° 23′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.98076° or 1° 58′ 51″ westElevation
561 feet (171 metres)Operator
West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)Network
National RailAbbreviation
“LOB”Open location code
9C4W92W9+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 7170590955OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Longbridge railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Longbridge”
- Dutch: “Station Longbridge”
- French: “gare de Longbridge”
- French: “Longbridge”
- German: “Bahnhof Longbridge”
- Japanese: “ロングブリッジ駅”
- Urdu: “لانگ برج ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Longbridge railway station”. Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0.