Tile Hill railway station

Tile Hill station was opened in 1850, and was originally known as Allesley Lane, until 1857 it was renamed to Allesley Gate, it assumed its current name of Tile Hill in 1864. The station was located at a point where the railway crossed the road on a level crossing. It originally had staggered platforms, with one platform on one side of the level crossing, and the other to the other side of the level crossing. The station was completely rebuilt when the line was electrified in the 1960's to its more conventional present form. The level crossing adjacent to the station lasted until 2004, where a large bridge was built to carry road traffic over the railway and a footbridge built to connect the station platforms, Level crossings at and were also removed to upgrade the line for more high speed trains. In 2009 the railway platform was extended, almost doubling the size. This was the case for a number of stations along the route. File:Tile Hill level crossing, 2004.jpg|Tile Hill level crossing in 2004, shortly before it was closed and the bridge was constructed. File:Tile hill brigde 18o06.jpg|The new road bridge over the railway, adjacent to Tile Hill railway station. ==Facilities==

The station has a ticket office located on platform 1 which is open Monday 06:00–19:00, Tuesday-Thursday 07:00–19:00, Friday 07:00–20:00, Saturday 08:00–19:00 and Sunday 08:30–14:00. When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket machine outside the ticket office which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train. ==Services==

Tile Hill is served by two trains per hour each way, to northbound and to via southbound. Some services to/from are split at with one service running between and and another between and . On Sundays, the service is hourly during the morning with 2 trains per hour running through the afternoon. All services are operated by West Midlands Trains. Most services are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand but some services (mainly early morning and late night services which start/terminate at ) operate under the West Midlands Railway brand. ==References==