Lichfield City railway station

Lichfield City
Location
Place	Lichfield
Local authority	Staffordshire
Grid reference	SK119091
Operations
Station code	LIC
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.579 million
2005/06	0.590 million
2006/07	0.608 million
2007/08	0.636 million
2008/09	0.561 million
2009/10	0.624 million
2010/11	0.607 million
2011/12	0.621 million
2012/13	0.638 million
2013/14	0.643 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1849 (1849)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lichfield City from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Lichfield City railway station is one of two railway stations serving the city of Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. It is situated in the city-centre, and is towards the northern end of the Cross-City Line 17¼ miles (28 km) north east of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. The other station serving Lichfield is Lichfield Trent Valley on the city outskirts.

History

Early years

Lichfield City Station in 1849

The station opened in 1849, on the South Staffordshire Railway's line from Lichfield Trent Valley to Walsall and Dudley. This later became part of the London and North Western Railway. The architect for the South Staffordshire Railway was Mr Edward Adams of London and the station building built in 1849 was a modest creation in a Tudor style, with tall gables and chimneys.^[1] Services to Birmingham began in 1884, when a branch to Sutton Coldfield opened, connecting with an earlier LNWR line. This original station was demolished in 1882 when the present one was built to accommodate these additional services. The original station stood further east than the present one. It was approached from the city by a path which ran across Levett's Field and up some brick steps in front of the station, these can still be seen near the present Fire Station.^[1]

Recent history

Passenger trains northwards via Trent Valley station to Burton upon Trent ceased in 1965, along with trains to Walsall, so Lichfield City became the northern terminus of the line from Birmingham. This later became part of the Cross-City Line. In 1988, the line was extended back to Trent Valley. Lichfield City has retained considerable character.^[2]

In June 1990 the station was in the news after an off-duty soldier was shot and killed, and two others were wounded when two IRA gunmen opened fire.^[3] A plaque commemorating the incident is situated in the station.

The station platform

Services

Monday-Saturday

Southbound

• 2 trains per hour (tph) to Redditch, of which:
• One starts here calling at all stations except Shenstone and Duddeston
• One from Lichfield Trent Valley calling at all stations except Duddeston
• 2 tph to Longbridge, of which:
• One starts here calling at all stations except Shenstone and Duddeston
• One from Lichfield Trent Valley calling at all stations except Duddeston

Northbound

• 2 tph to Lichfield Trent Valley;
• 2 tph terminate here to return south.

Sunday

Southbound

• 2 tph to Redditch, calling at all stations

Northbound

• 2 tph to Lichfield Trent Valley

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lichfield City railway station.

• Train times and station information for Lichfield City railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lichfield Trent Valley		London Midland Cross-City Line		Shenstone
Terminus		London Midland Cross-City Line		Shenstone
Historical railways
Lichfield Trent Valley Line and station open		London and North Western Railway South Staffordshire Line		Hammerwich Line and station closed

Coordinates: 52°40′49″N 1°49′33″W / 52.68017°N 1.82571°W / 52.68017; -1.82571