Shenstone railway station

Shenstone
Shenstone station
Location
Place	Shenstone
Local authority	Staffordshire
Coordinates	52°38′20″N 1°50′38″W / 52.639°N 1.844°WCoordinates: 52°38′20″N 1°50′38″W / 52.639°N 1.844°W
Grid reference	SK106046
Operations
Station code	SEN
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	188,958
2011/12	160,312
2012/13	180,624
2013/14	174,440
2014/15	178,508
History
Key dates	Opened 1884
1964	Closed to goods
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shenstone from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 Redditch and Lichfield via Birmingham.

History

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

Services

There are trains every 30 minutes in each direction, every day. Typically, these operate between Longbridge/Redditch and Lichfield Trent Valley on Mondays to Saturdays, and between Redditch and Lichfield Trent Valley on Sundays. The journey time is 5 minutes to Lichfield City and 32 minutes to Birmingham New Street.^[1]

References

1. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 69 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Shenstone railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Shenstone station