Erdington railway station

Erdington
Erdington station, showing the south-bound platform
Location
Place Erdington
Local authority Birmingham
Grid reference SP109923
Operations
Station code ERD
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *   0.267 million
2005/06 * 0.299 million
2006/07 * 0.299 million
2007/08 * 0.336 million
2008/09 * 0.552 million
2009/10 * 0.576 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Midlands
Zone 3
History
Opened 1862 (1862)
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 Erdington from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Erdington railway station is a railway station serving the Erdington area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line.

The station was opened in 1862 on Sheep Lane, later known as Station Road.[1]

Pedestrian access to the former LMS station is via Station Road. 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.

The letters LMS can still be seen on the adjacent road bridge.[2] At the foot of the ramp to the southbound platform there is a sculpture by Ronald Rae entitled Insect and Celtic Cross.[3]

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Services

The station is served by London Midland with local Network West Midlands 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 12 minutes.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
London Midland

Access for disabled passengers

There are ramps accessing both platforms at Erdington Station.

References

  1. ^ The Story of Erdington; Douglas V Jones, 1985
  2. ^ Lea, Roger (1984, reprinted 1995). Steaming up to Sutton. Westwood Press Publications. p. 28. ISBN 0950263680. 
  3. ^ "Insect and Celtic Cross". Ronald Rae website. http://www.ronaldrae.co.uk/sculptures/insect-and-celtic-cross. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 

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Railway stations in the West Midlands county
 
Open stations
Outside West Midlands county,
but within the Centro area