Chester Road railway station
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| Chester Road | |
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| Chester Road station, looking towards Erdington | |
| Location | |
| Place | Erdington |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°32′06″N 1°49′55″W / 52.535°N 1.832°WCoordinates: 52°32′06″N 1°49′55″W / 52.535°N 1.832°W |
| Grid reference | SP114931 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CRD |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.245 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.251 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.267 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.296 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Midlands |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened 1863 | |
| 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chester Road from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Chester Road railway station is a railway station serving the Pype Hayes area of north-east Birmingham and Erdington area, in the West Midlands county of England. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line.
It is a park and ride station, having a free car park. This 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.
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[edit] History
The station was built in 1863 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), later part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). 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 the Battlefield Line Railway,[1] to their Market Bosworth Station, also a former LNWR station.
[edit] Service
The station is served by London Midland with local Centro branded "Cross-City" services, operated by Class 323 electrical multiple units. The station is served by six trains an hour in each direction, with an average journey time to Birmingham New Street of around 13 minutes.
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[edit] Nearby
The station serves:
- The Wylde Green shopping area
[edit] References
- ^ "Market Bosworth station". http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ChrisSimmons/HMARKETBO.HTM. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
[edit] 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
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