Wylde Green railway station

Wylde Green
Location	Wylde Green, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52°32′46″N 1°49′52″W / 52.546°N 1.831°W / 52.546; -1.831Coordinates: 52°32′46″N 1°49′52″W / 52.546°N 1.831°W / 52.546; -1.831
Grid reference	SP114942
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WYL
Fare zone	4
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1862	Opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.606 million
2017/18	0.627 million
2018/19	0.678 million
2019/20	0.668 million
2020/21	0.113 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wylde Green railway station is a railway station serving northern Wylde Green and Boldmere in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. It is on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) 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 Coldfield 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. Northbound there are six trains per hour to Four Oaks, four trains per hour continuing to Lichfield City and two trains per hour through to Lichfield Trent Valley.^[1]

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 West Midlands Trains using Class 323 electrical multiple units.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sutton Coldfield		West Midlands Railway Cross-City Line		Chester Road

Notes[]

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

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• 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

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