Erdington railway station is a railway station serving the Erdington area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.

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Erdington
Erdington station, showing the south-bound platform
General information
Location	Erdington, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52.528°N 1.839°W / 52.528; -1.839
Grid reference	SP109923
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ERD
Fare zone	3
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1862
Passengers
2018/19	1.052 million
2019/20	1.030 million
2020/21	0.160 million
2021/22	0.329 million
2022/23	0.397 million
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Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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Pedestrian access is via Station Road. Platform 1 and 2 have separate entrances. Platform 1’s entrance being towards the car park and the second being past the tunnel on the other side. When you are in the station, there is no way to switch between platforms without coming out the station. The station is above road level, as the line here is on an embankment. A new passenger shelter on the northbound platform was built and opened in November 2006.

The station was opened in 1862 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on Sheep Lane, later known as Station Road.^[1]

The letters LMS can still be seen on the adjacent road bridge.^[2] At the foot of the ramp to the southbound platform there is a sculpture by Ronald Rae entitled Insect and Celtic Cross.^[3]

The station has a ticket office and ticket machines on platform 2, and a shelter on platform 1. Both platforms have benches and help points.^[4]

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated by Class 323 and Class 730 Electric multiple units.^[6][7]

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 4tph northbound to Four Oaks via Sutton Coldfield, departing from Platform 1.
  • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to Lichfield Trent Valley via Lichfield City.
• 4tph southbound to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street and University, departing from Platform 2.

• • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to Redditch via Alvechurch, calling at all stations.
    • 2tph continue to Bromsgrove calling at all stations except Duddeston, 1tph does not call at Barnt Green.

Sundays:

• 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
• 2tph southbound to Redditch.

Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.

The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 13 minutes.^[8][9]

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chester Road		West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line		Gravelly Hill

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