Erdington railway station

Not to be confused with Eardington Halt railway station.

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
2019/20	1.030 million
2020/21	0.160 million
2021/22	0.329 million
2022/23	0.397 million
2023/24	0.455 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Erdington railway station is a railway station serving the Erdington area of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Four Oaks-Lichfield Cross-City Line.

Pedestrian access is via Station Road. There is no car park designated for this station. Platform 1 and 2 have separate entrances. Platform 1’s entrance being next to St Thomas Associations carpark and the second being past the tunnel on the other side by the shops. While in the station, there is no way to switch between platforms without exiting 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.

History

The station was opened in 1862 by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on Sheep Lane, later known as Station Road.

The letters LMS can still be seen on the adjacent road bridge. At the foot of the ramp to the southbound platform there is a sculpture by Ronald Rae entitled Insect and Celtic Cross.

Facilities

The station has a ticket office and ticket machines on platform 2, and a shelter on platform 1. Both platforms have benches and help points.

Access for disabled passengers

There are ramps accessing both platforms at Erdington Station. Erdington has been classified as a step-free access category B1 station. This means that there is step-free access to all platforms, but that this may include long or steep ramps, as is the case here.

Services

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) until September 2024 and currently by Class 730 EMUs.

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 4tph northbound to Four Oaks via Sutton Coldfield, departing from Platform 1.
  • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to Lichfield Trent Valley via Lichfield City.
• 4tph southbound to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street and University, departing from Platform 2.

• • Of which:
    • 2tph continue to Redditch via Alvechurch, calling at all stations.
    • 2tph continue to Bromsgrove calling at all stations except Duddeston, 1tph does not call at Barnt Green.

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 Birmingham New Street is around 13 minutes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chester Road		West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line		Gravelly Hill

External links

• 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