Erdington railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other Erdington railway station is a railway station serving the Erdington area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.

Pedestrian access is via Station Road. There is no car park designated for this station. Platform 1 and 2 have separate entrances. Platform 1's entrance being next to St Thomas Associations carpark and the second being past the tunnel on the other side by the shops. While in the station, there is no way to switch between platforms without exiting the station. The station is above road level, as the line here is on an embankment. A new passenger shelter on the northbound platform was built and opened in November 2006.

History

The station was opened in 1862 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on Sheep Lane, later known as Station Road.

The letters LMS can still be seen on the adjacent road bridge. At the foot of the ramp to the southbound platform there is a sculpture by Ronald Rae entitled Insect and Celtic Cross.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office and ticket machines on platform 2, and a shelter on platform 1. Both platforms have benches and help points.

Access for disabled passengers

There are ramps accessing both platforms at Erdington Station. Erdington 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.

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated using Template:Brc Electric multiple units (EMUs).

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 4tph northbound to Template:Rws via Template:Rws, departing from Platform 1.
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• 4tph southbound to Template:Rws via Template:Rws and Template:Rws, departing from Platform 2.
  • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to Template:Rws via Template:Rws, calling at all stations.
    • 2tph continue to Template:Rws calling at all stations except Template:Rws, 1tph does not call at Template:Rws.

Sundays:

• 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
• 2tph southbound to Redditch.

Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.

The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 13 minutes.

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External links

• Train times and station information for Erdington railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Erdington railway station
• Warwickshire Railways page