Acocks Green railway station

Acocks Green
Location
Place	Acocks Green
Local authority	Birmingham
Coordinates	52.449°N 1.818°W / 52.449; -1.818
Operations
Station code	ACG
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.149 million
2005/06 *	0.150 million
2006/07 *	0.160 million
2007/08 *	0.161 million
2008/09 *	0.384 million
2009/10 *	0.384 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	3
History
1 October 1852	Station opens as Acocks Green
1878	Station renamed Acocks Green and South Yardley
6 May 1968	Station renamed Acocks Green
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acocks Green from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Acocks Green railway station serves the Acocks Green area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by London Midland, who manage the station, and by Chiltern Railways.

History

Acocks Green was built to connect the local community to the industrialised areas of the city. Although the station never had a goods yard, Acocks Green boasted 4 platforms, and a loop line on the northbound slow line. British Rail rationalisation led to the removal of the slow lines (and loop) in both directions and the demolition of one island platform to allow for the construction of the current car park.

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tyseley		Chiltern Railways London - Birmingham		Olton
Tyseley		London Midland Leamington-Worcester		Olton

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

External links

• Photographs of Acocks Green station at warwickshirerailways.com
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Acocks Green station
• Network West Midlands station page [1]
• Station on navigable O.S. map