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Shenstone railway station

Coordinates: 52°38′20″N 1°50′38″W / 52.639°N 1.844°W / 52.639; -1.844
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Shenstone
National Rail
Shenstone station pictured in August 2024
General information
LocationShenstone, Staffordshire
England
Coordinates52°38′20″N 1°50′38″W / 52.639°N 1.844°W / 52.639; -1.844
Grid referenceSK106046
Managed byWest Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSEN
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1884
Key dates
1964Closed to goods
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.179 million
2020/21Decrease 61,570
2021/22Increase 91,782
2022/23Increase 0.130 million
2023/24Increase 0.142 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Shenstone railway station serves the village of Shenstone, in Staffordshire, England. It is a stop on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch, Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley.

History

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Shenstone station was opened in 1884, when the London and North Western Railway extended their Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield line northwards to Lichfield.

Services

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The station is served by West Midlands Railway, with local Transport for West Midlands branded Cross-City services, operated using Class 730 electric multiple units.[1]

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:[2]

Mondays to Saturdays:

  • 2 tph (trains per hour) northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley, via Lichfield City, departing from platform 1
  • 2 tph southbound to Bromsgrove, via Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham New Street and University, departing from platform 2.

Sundays:

  • 2 tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
  • 2 tph southbound to Redditch, calling at all stations.

The average journey time to Lichfield City is around 5 minutes and to Birmingham New Street is around 32 minutes.[3]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Lichfield City   West Midlands Railway
Lichfield – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch
Cross-City Line
  Blake Street

References

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  1. ^ "Class 730 fleet". West Midlands Railway. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Train Timetables and Schedules". West Midlands Railway. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ^ "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. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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