Erdington railway station is a railway station serving the Erdington area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch–Birmingham New Street–Lichfield Cross-City Line. It has 2 platforms.

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
2016/17	0.923 million
2017/18	0.962 million
2018/19	1.052 million
2019/20	1.030 million
2020/21	0.160 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station was opened in 1862 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) on Sheep Lane, later known as Station Road.[1]

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 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]

Gallery

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  The bridge at Erdington, showing the old LMS lettering.
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  Insect and Celtic Cross, sculpture by Ronald Rae

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Trains 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 Mondays to Saturdays (every 30 minutes each way on Sundays), with an average journey time to Birmingham New Street of around 12 minutes.[4]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chester Road		West Midlands Railway Cross-City Line		Gravelly Hill

Access for disabled passengers

There are ramps accessing both platforms at Erdington Station.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erdington railway station.

• Train times and station information for Erdington railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Erdington railway station
• Warwickshire Railways page