Station code WYL DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SP114942 Managed by London Midland 2011/12 0.488 million | |
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Similar Four Oaks railway station, Gravelly Hill railway station, Chester Road railway st, Erdington railway station, Blake Street railway st | ||
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.
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 London Midland using Class 323 electrical multiple units.