Wylde Green railway station

Wylde Green
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Location
Place	Wylde Green
Local authority	Birmingham
Coordinates
Grid reference	SP114942
Operations
Station code	WYL
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*
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 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
Sutton Coldfield		London Midland Cross-City Line		Chester Road

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

• 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