Shenstone railway station
![]() 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 | |||||
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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 by Class 323 and Class 730 Electric multiple units.[1][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 | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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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.
- ^ "Train Times | The Cross City Line | 30 December 2023 until 1 June 2024". West Midlands Railway.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Train times and station information for Shenstone railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Shenstone station
- Lichfield District
- Railway stations in Staffordshire
- DfT Category E stations
- Former London and North Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884
- Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains
- Staffordshire building and structure stubs
- West Midlands (region) railway station stubs