- Chester Road railway station
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Chester Road 
Chester Road station, looking towards Erdington Location Place Erdington Local authority Birmingham Coordinates 52°32′06″N 1°49′55″W / 52.535°N 1.832°WCoordinates: 52°32′06″N 1°49′55″W / 52.535°N 1.832°W Grid reference SP114931 Operations Station code CRD Managed by London Midland Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.245 million 2005/06 * 0.251 million 2006/07 * 0.267 million 2007/08 * 0.296 million 2008/09 * 0.537 million 2009/10 * 0.564 million Passenger Transport Executive PTE West Midlands Zone 3 History Opened 1863 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chester Road from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Chester Road railway station is a railway station serving the Pype Hayes and Erdington areas of north-east Birmingham, in the West Midlands county of England. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line.
It is a park and ride station, and has a free car park which was expanded in May 2006.
Pedestrian access to the station is via Green Lanes, near the junction with the Chester Road (A452). The station is above road level, as the line here is on an embankment.
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History
The station was built in 1863 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), later part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). The station booking office and waiting room were rebuilt in 1991-1992 during the electrification of the line. The original LNWR station waiting room was dismantled, and moved Market Bosworth, another former LNWR station, on the preserved Battlefield Line Railway.[1]
Service
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 13 minutes.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station London Midland Access for disabled passengers
There are ramps providing step-free access to both platforms at Chester Road.
Nearby
The station serves:
- The Wylde Green shopping area
References
- ^ "Market Bosworth station". http://homepage.ntlworld.com/candj_simmons/HMARKETBO.HTM. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
External links
- Train times and station information for Chester Road railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Chester Road railway station
- Warwickshire Railways page
Categories:- Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1863
- Railway stations served by London Midland
- DfT Category E stations
- West Midlands (county) building and structure stubs
- West Midlands (region) railway station stubs
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