Chester Road railway station
Chester Road  | |||||
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 Chester Road station, looking towards Erdington | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Erdington,Birmingham England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°32′06″N1°49′55″W/ 52.535°N 1.832°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP114931 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CRD | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT categoryE | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 December 1863 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  1.048 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 1.050 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.152 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.390 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.489 million | ||||
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Chester Road railway stationserves the areas ofPype Hayes,Erdington,Wylde GreenandBoldmerein north-eastBirmingham,in theWest Midlandscounty of England. It is sited on theCross-City LinebetweenBromsgrove/RedditchandLichfield Trent Valley,viaBirmingham New Street.Pedestrian access to the station is via Green Lanes, near to the junction with the Chester Road (A452). It is above road level, as the line here is on anembankment.
History
[edit]The line fromAstontoSutton Coldfieldwas built by theLondon and North Western Railway(LNWR) in 1862, although Chester Road station was not opened until 1 December 1863.[1][2]The LNWR became part of theLondon Midland and Scottish Railwayin 1921, as part of theGrouping,which wasnationalisedto become part ofBritish Railwaysat the beginning of 1948. The station booking office and waiting room were rebuilt in 1991-1992 during the electrification of the line. The original LNWR station waiting room was dismantled, and moved toMarket Bosworth,another former LNWR station, on the preservedBattlefield Line Railway.[3]
In 2019 as part of theWest Midlands Railwaybranding of the railway stations they manage, Chester Road station was among the stations given orange lampposts and railings. This received a lukewarm response from many locals, the local MPAndrew Mitchelland the leader of Sutton Coldfield Town Council, Simon Ward.[4]
Facilities
[edit]Chester Road is apark and ridestation, and has a free car park which was expanded in May 2006.
There is a ticket office on platform 2, with a ticket machine opposite as well as a ticket machine before platform 1.
There is a shelter on both platforms with seating areas.
Access for disabled passengers
[edit]There are ramps providing step-free access to both platforms at Chester Road.
Chester Road has been classified as a step-free access category B1 station. This means that there is step-free access to all platforms, but that this may include long or steep ramps, as is the case here.[5]
Services
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The station is served byWest Midlands Trainswith localTransport for West Midlandsbranded "Cross-City" services, operated byClass 323andClass 730Electric multiple units.[6][7]
The off-peak service pattern is as follows:
Mondays to Saturdays:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) northbound toFour OaksviaSutton Coldfield,departing from Platform 1.
- Of which:
- 2 tph continue toLichfield Trent ValleyviaLichfield City.
- Of which:
- 4tph southbound toLongbridgeviaBirmingham New StreetandUniversity,departing from Platform 2.
- Of which:
- 2 tph continue toRedditchviaAlvechurch,calling at all stations.
- 2 tph continue toBromsgrovecalling at all stations exceptDuddeston,1tph does not call atBarnt Green.
- Of which:
Sundays:
- 2 tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
- 2 tph southbound to Redditch.
Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.
The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 16 minutes.[8][9]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wylde Green | West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks –Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line |
Erdington | ||
References
[edit]- ^Jowett, Alan(1993).Jowett's Atlas of Railway Centres: of Great Britain showing their development from the earliest times up to and including the 1990s - Volume 1(1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 141.ISBN1-8526-0420-4.OCLC30919645.
- ^Butt, R.V.J. (1995).The Directory of Railway Stations.Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 60.ISBN1-85260-508-1.R508.
- ^"Market Bosworth station".Archivedfrom the original on 13 July 2009.Retrieved6 October2010.
- ^Horner, Nick (26 March 2019)."Garish orange makeover of Cross City line stations slammed as being visually illiterate".Birmingham Live.
- ^"Chester Road Train Station".West Midlands Railway.
- ^"Class 323 fleet".West Midlands Railway.
- ^"Class 730 fleet".West Midlands Railway.
- ^"Train Timetables and Schedules | Chester Road".West Midlands Railway.
- ^"Cross City line: Lichfield Trent Valley/Four Oaks – Bromsgrove / Redditch Timetable from Sunday 2 June 2024".West Midlands Railway.
External links
[edit]- Train timesandstation informationfor Chester Road railway station fromNational Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Chester Road railway station
- Warwickshire Railways page