Longbridge

As the Duke of Longbridge Train Station (current Duke I should say) I should really do a review… so here goes… its a train station!
Seriously though, the entrance has the usual ticket machine and a counter to speak to a real person! Theres two platforms, usually one to Redditch and the other to Lichfield Trent Valley via Bham New Street — consisting of 3 or 6 coaches. Ive heard those announcements too many times now!
Its a well lit station, operated by London Midland so its green and black colours with an array of quite cool posters. Plenty of seats and its under cover too so no getting wet in the rain.
They have a really big cycle park next door but no car park, so most people park on the road adjacent to the tracks — keep tucked in though and fold your mirrors in!
As this is my local station its obviously the best, well… the best little local train station anyway!

I don’t know what image is used to elaborate on the definition of the word ‘basic’ in the Oxford English Dictionary, but for my money, it should be a picture of the local train station serving the Longbridge area of Birmingham. No automated ticket barriers, no shop (or vending machine that I’ve ever seen), and the only way to get into the toilets is with a key from the ticket office, so forget about using that if it’s late at night. One feature that the station does have that I personally enjoyed was the fact it had four tracks running through it, two heading into New Street station (which is about a 20 — 25 minute ride) and two away, with the middle two tracks reserved for fast trains, which are always fun to see go rocketing past (you can probably tell how little else Longbridge station has going for it to make me bring this up). Functional and not a lot else.