Wylde Green railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wylde Green
Wylde Green
	Wylde Green station in 2023, looking towards Sutton Coldfield
General information
Location	Wylde Green, Birmingham; England
Coordinates	52°32′46″N 1°49′52″W / 52.546°N 1.831°W
Grid reference	SP114942
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
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
2019/20	0.668 million
2020/21	0.113 million
2021/22	0.302 million
2022/23	0.389 million
2023/24	0.474 million
Location
Location
Notes
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, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-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.

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.

History

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.

Facilities

The station has a car park.

There is a ticket office situated before the platform 2 entrance, with a ticket vending machine located next to it.^[1]

There are shelters at the end of each platform, with seated areas located there.^[2]

Access for disabled passenegers

There are ramps accessing both platforms at Erdington Station. Wylde Green 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.^[2]

Services

A London Midland Class 323 with a service to Longbridge at the station in 2008

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)^[3] until September 2024 and currently by Class 730 EMUs.^[4]

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 18 minutes.^[5]^[6]

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

Notes

^ "Wylde Green station map". National Rail. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Wylde Green Train Station". West Midlands Railway.
^ "Class 323 fleet". West Midlands Railway.
^ "Class 730 fleet". West Midlands Railway.
^ "Train Timetables and Schedules | Chester Road". West Midlands Railway.
^ "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.

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