Wylde Green railway station
Wylde Green  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Wylde Green |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°32′46″N 1°49′52″W / 52.546°N 1.831°WCoordinates: 52°32′46″N 1°49′52″W / 52.546°N 1.831°W |
| Grid reference | SP114942 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WYL |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.439 million |
| 2011/12 |
 0.488 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.493 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.522 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.537 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Midlands |
| Zone | 4 |
| History | |
| 1862 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wylde Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Wylde Green railway station is a railway station serving northern Wylde Green and Boldmere in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line 6 1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) north east of Birmingham New Street, and is in Centro fare zone 4.
The station was opened on 2 June 1862, when the LNWR Birmingham to Sutton railway line was completed and later operated by the LMS.
The station has a car park. Pedestrian and vehicular access is via Station Road, with pedestrian access also available from Highbridge Road. The platforms are above the former road, but below the latter.
Despite the station name, Chester Road railway station is located closer to Wylde Green's shopping centre, The Lanes.
Service
Monday to Saturdays there is a 10-minute frequency southbound with three trains per hour to Longbridge and three to Redditch) and northbound two trains per hour to Four Oaks, 2 trains per hour to Lichfield City and 2 trains per hour to Lichfield Trent Valley.
Sundays there are two trains per hour southbound to Redditch and two trains per hour northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
Passenger services are operated by London Midland using Class 323 electrical multiple units.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| London Midland | ||||
References
- An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Stations Vol. One Dr R Preston and R Powell Hendry. Oxford Pub. Co. (1982, Reprinted in 2001) ISBN 0-86093-168-4
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wylde Green railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Wylde Green railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Wylde Green railway station
- Railways of Warwickshire entry