Chester Road railway station
Chester Road railway station is a railway station serving the Pype Hayes, Erdington, Wylde Green and Boldmere areas of north-east Birmingham, in the West Midlands county of England, as well as the nearby Wylde Green shops.
Chester Road  | |
|---|---|
 Chester Road station, looking towards Erdington | |
| General information | |
| Location | Erdington, Birmingham England |
| Coordinates | 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 category E |
| 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 | |
| 2017/18 |  0.958 million |
| 2018/19 | 1.048 million |
| 2019/20 | 1.050 million |
| 2020/21 |  0.152 million |
| 2021/22 | 0.390 million |
| Location | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.
It is a park and ride station, and has a free car park which was expanded in May 2006.
Pedestrian access to the station is via Green Lanes, near the junction with the Chester Road (A452). The station is above road level, as the line here is on an embankment.
History
The line from Aston to Sutton Coldfield was built by the London 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 the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1921, as part of the Grouping, which was nationalised to become part of British Railways at 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 to Market Bosworth, another former LNWR station, on the preserved Battlefield Line Railway.[3]
Services
The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated by Class 323 electrical multiple units. The station is served by four trains an hour in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays (every 30 minutes on Sundays), with an average journey time to Birmingham New Street of around 16 minutes.[4][5]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wylde Green | West Midlands Railway Lichfield - Four Oaks - Birmingham - Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line |
Erdington | ||
Platforms
Platform 1 is used for northbound services heading to Four Oaks, Blake Street, Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley, via Sutton Coldfield.
Platform 2 is used for southbound services heading to Bromsgrove or Redditch via Birmingham New Street, University and Longbridge.
Access for disabled passengers
There are ramps providing step-free access to both platforms at Chester Road.
References
- 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. ISBN 1-8526-0420-4. OCLC 30919645.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 60. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- "Market Bosworth station". Archived from the original on 13 July 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- "Train Timetables and Schedules | Chester Road". West Midlands Railway.
- "Train Times | The Cross City Line | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
External links
- Train times and station information for Chester Road railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Chester Road railway station
- Warwickshire Railways page