Butlers Lane railway station

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Butlers Lane
Butlers Lane
Location
Place Four Oaks
Local authority Birmingham
Grid reference SP109994
Operations
Station code BUL
Managed by London Midland
Platforms in use 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 91,568
2005/06 * 93,003
2006/07 * 95,990
2007/08 * 103,030
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Midlands
Zone 5
History
Opened 1957 (1957)
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual 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.

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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Coordinates: 52°35′35″N 1°50′20″W / 52.59306°N 1.83889°W / 52.59306; -1.83889