Butlers Lane railway station

Butlers Lane
Location
Place	Four Oaks
Local authority	Birmingham
Grid reference	SP109994
Operations
Station code	BUL
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	91,568
2005/06 *	93,003
2006/07 *	95,990
2007/08 *	103,030
2008/09 *	0.197 million
2009/10 *	0.193 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
Opened 1957 (1957)
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 Butlers Lane from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

View northward, towards Lichfield in 1962

Butlers Lane railway station serves the northern part of the Four Oaks district of Sutton Coldfield, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line. The station, and all trains calling there are operated by London Midland.

History

The station was built in 1957, to coincide with the introduction of new diesel multiple units on the line from Birmingham to Lichfield. It became one of the stations served by the new Cross-City Line from 1978. It underwent major refurbishment in 1992, shortly after the line was electrified.

For its first few years the station was an unstaffed halt and a request stop. However in the late 1960s it became a staffed station, and a regular stop.

Services

Trains operate every 10–20 minutes (Monday-Saturday) between Longbridge and Lichfield via Birmingham New Street, with some trains running south of Longbridge to Redditch. On Sundays, trains run every 30 minutes between Lichfield and Redditch.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Blake Street		London Midland Cross-City Line		Four Oaks

External links

• Train times and station information for Butlers Lane railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Butlers Lane station