Chester Road railway station
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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]
In 2019 as part of the West Midlands Railway branding of the railway stations they manage, Chester Road station was among the stations given orange lampposts and railings. This received a lukewarm response from many locals, the local MP Andrew Mitchell and the leader of Sutton Coldfield Town Council, Simon Ward.[4]
Facilities
Chester Road is a park and ride station, and has a free car park which was expanded in May 2006.
There is a ticket office on platform 2, with a ticket machine opposite as well as a ticket machine before platform 1.
There is a shelter on both platforms with seating areas.
Access for disabled passengers
There are ramps providing step-free access to both platforms at Chester Road.
Chester Road has been classified as a step-free access category B1 station. This means that there is step-free access to all platforms, but that this may include long or steep ramps, as is the case here.[5]
Services
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The station is currently served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated using Template:Brc Electric multiple units (EMUs).[6]
Usual off-peak services at Chester Road follow a pattern such as the one below:
Services are listed in trains per hour (tph)
Mondays to Saturdays:
- 4 tph northbound to Template:Rws via Template:Rws, departing from Platform 1.
- 2 tph continue to Template:Rws via Template:Rws.
- 4 tph southbound to Template:Rws via Template:Rws and Template:Rws, departing from Platform 2.
- 2 tph continue to Template:Rws via Template:Rws, calling at all stations.
- 2 tph continue to Template:Rws calling at all stations except Template:Rws, 1tph does not call at Template:Rws.
Sundays:
- 2 tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
- 2 tph southbound to Redditch.
Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch.
The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 16 minutes.[7][8]
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References
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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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- Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands
- DfT Category E stations
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863
- Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains