Northfield railway station

This article is about a railway station in England. For the former railway station in South Australia, see Northfield railway station, Adelaide.

Northfield

Location
Place	Northfield
Local authority	Birmingham
Coordinates	52°24′29″N 1°57′50″W / 52.408°N 1.964°W / 52.408; -1.964Coordinates: 52°24′29″N 1°57′50″W / 52.408°N 1.964°W / 52.408; -1.964
Grid reference	SP024789
Operations
Station code	NFD
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2009/10	0.565 million
2010/11	0.589 million
2011/12	0.743 million
2012/13	0.739 million
2013/14	0.775 million
2014/15	0.777 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	4
History
Key dates	Opened 1870 (1870)
1978	Rebuilt
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Northfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Northfield railway station serves the Northfield area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

History

The station was opened on 1 September 1870 by the Midland Railway. In 1892, the line through Northfield was quadrupled.

In 1913 it was the subject of an arson attack by suffragettes. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished before serious damage was done.^[1]

Services

Northfield is served by trains on the Cross-City Line, which operate every 10 minutes Monday-Saturday daytimes, every 10–20 minutes Monday-Saturday evenings, and every 30 minutes on Sundays. It has two platforms, with a disused island platform in the centre of the four-track lines. The station has a small car park provided free by Centro and a bus stop which is served by the number 19 operated by Diamond Bus. The number 27 bus stops close by, at the entrance to the station car park. The station is located between Station Road and Copse Close. The station is geographically on the outskirts of Northfield, being right on the border with West Heath.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office and Automated Ticket Machines. The station is also equipped with Real-Time Information boards and recorded announcements.

The station and line are on an embankment.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kings Norton		London Midland Cross-City Line		Longbridge

Disabled access

There is step-free access from the car park to the ticket office and to platform 1, for trains towards Birmingham New Street. Platform 4, for trains towards Longbridge, was only accessible via steps and a subway. However, in 2013, lifts were built on both sides of the subway to allow access to both platforms.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Northfield railway station.

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

References

↑ Tamworth Herald - Saturday 1 November 1913

Railway stations in the West Midlands county

Open stations

Birmingham	Acocks Green Adderley Park Aston Blake Street Bordesley Bournville Butlers Lane Chester Road Duddeston Erdington Five Ways Four Oaks Gravelly Hill Hall Green Hamstead Jewellery Quarter Kings Norton Lea Hall Longbridge Moor Street New Street Northfield Perry Barr Selly Oak Small Heath Snow Hill Spring Road Stechford Sutton Coldfield Tyseley University Witton Wylde Green Yardley Wood

Coventry	Canley Coventry Coventry Arena Tile Hill

Dudley	Coseley Lye Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Town

Sandwell	Bescot Stadium Cradley Heath Dudley Port Langley Green Old Hill Rowley Regis Sandwell and Dudley Smethwick Galton Bridge Smethwick Rolfe Street Tame Bridge Parkway The Hawthorns Tipton

Solihull	Berkswell Birmingham International Dorridge Earlswood Hampton-in-Arden Marston Green Olton Shirley Solihull Whitlocks End Widney Manor

Walsall	Bloxwich Bloxwich North Walsall

Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton

Outside West Midlands county, but within the Centro area	Wythall

Disused

Birmingham	Bromford Bridge Camp Hill Castle Bromwich Central Goods Church Road Curzon Street Granville Street Hagley Road Handsworth & Smethwick Handsworth Wood Hazelwell Hockley Icknield Port Road Kings Heath Lawley Street Lifford Longbridge (1915-1964) Monument Lane Moseley Penns Rotton Park Road Rubery Saltley Soho & Winson Green Soho Road Somerset Road Sutton Park Sutton Coldfield Town Winson Green

Coventry	Coundon Road Daimler Halt Foleshill Longford and Exhall

Dudley	Baptist End Blowers Green Brettell Lane Brierley Hill Brockmoor Halt Bromley Halt Darby End Dudley Gornal Halt Halesowen Harborne Harts Hill Old Hill High Street Pensnett Halt Round Oak Windmill End

Sandwell	Albion Great Bridge North Great Bridge South Newton Road Oldbury Princes End & Coseley Rood End Smethwick West Soho Spon Lane Swan Village Tipton Five Ways Wednesbury Central Wednesbury Town West Bromwich

Walsall	Aldridge Bentley Brownhills Brownhills Watling Street Darlaston Darlaston James Bridge North Walsall Pelsall Pleck Rushall Short Heath Streetly Walsall Wood Willenhall Bilston Street Willenhall Stafford Street Wood Green

Wolverhampton	Bilston Central Bilston West Bradley and Moxley Bushbury Compton Halt Daisy Bank Dunstall Park Ettingshall Road Heath Town Monmore Green Portobello Priestfield Tettenhall Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton Wednesfield Wolverhampton Low Level

Heritage

Tyseley, Warwick Road

List of West Midlands railway stations
Transport in the West Midlands
Centro (Network West Midlands)

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