Aston railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Aston

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caption = Aston station
manager = London Midland
locale = Aston
borough = Birmingham
pte = West Midlands
zone = 2
usage0405 = 0.162
usage0506 = 0.163
usage0607 = 0.168
code = AST
platforms = 2
latitude = 52.504
longitude = -1.872
gridref = SP087896
years = 1854
events = Opened

Aston railway station serves the district of Aston in Birmingham, England. The pedestrian entrance is on Lichfield Road.

Passenger services are operated by London Midland using either Class 323 electrical multiple units on the Cross-City Line and the Walsall Line (the latter being part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837), and Class 150 diesel multiple units on the Chase Line to Rugeley.

The station sits above the Lichfield Road (A5127), as the railway line here is on an embankment.

ervices

Aston receives regular services on both the Cross-City Line, from Lichfield Trent Valley to Redditch and the Walsall Line, from Birmingham New Street to Walsall. In the evenings, services for the Chase Line call Aston.

Six services operate on the Cross-City Line in each direction every hour which call Aston. Services to Birmingham New Street terminate at either Longbridge or Redditch, with four services an hour to the former and two to the latter. Northwards, there are three destinations on the Cross-City Line served by trains from Aston. Two of the six services run the full length of the line to terminate at Lichfield Trent Valley, two go to Lichfield City and the other two only venture as far as Four Oaks.

The Walsall line is served by fewer trains: there are two in each direction every hour, both of which call all stations between Birmingham New Street and Walsall. In the evenings, however, these are replaced by hourly services in each direction on the line which extends past Walsall, to Hednesford, calling all stations between Birmingham and Hednesford.

Nearby

The station serves:
*Aston Hall
*Aston Events Centre

External links

* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/aston.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Aston railway station]
* [http://warwickshirerailways.com/lms/aston_station.htm Warwickshire Railways page]