Shenstone railway station
Shenstone  | |||||
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 Shenstone station pictured in August 2024 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Shenstone, Staffordshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°38′20″N 1°50′38″W / 52.639°N 1.844°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SK106046 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SEN | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1884 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1964 | Closed to goods | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.179 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  61,570 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 91,782 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.130 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.142 million | ||||
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Shenstone railway station is a railway station on Station Road, in the village of Shenstone, in Staffordshire, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch and Lichfield via Birmingham.
History
[edit]Shenstone station was opened in 1884, when the London and North Western Railway extended their Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield line northwards to Lichfield.
Services
[edit]The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated using Class 323 Electric multiple units (EMUs)[1] until September 2024 and currently by Class 730 EMUs.[2]
The off-peak service pattern is as follows:
Mondays to Saturdays:
- 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley via Lichfield City, departing from Platform 1.
- 2tph southbound to Bromsgrove via Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham New Street and University, departing from Platform 2.
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 Lichfield City is around 5 minutes and the average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 32 minutes.[3][4]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield City | West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line |
Blake Street | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Class 323 fleet". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Class 730 fleet". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train Timetables and Schedules | Shenstone". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "The Cross City Line: Lichfield Trent Valley – Four Oaks – Sutton Coldfield – Birmingham – University – Bromsgrove / Redditch | Timetable from Sunday 15 December 2024 until 17 May 2025". West Midlands Railway.
External links
[edit]
- Train times and station information for Shenstone railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Shenstone station
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- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884
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