Acocks Green railway station

Acocks Green
Location
Place	Acocks Green
Local authority	City of Birmingham
Coordinates
Grid reference	SP123835
Operations
Station code	ACG
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*
2004/05	0.149 million
2005/06	0.150 million
2006/07	0.160 million
2007/08	0.161 million
2008/09	0.384 million
2009/10	0.384 million
2010/11	0.382 million
2011/12	0.372 million
2012/13	0.389 million
2013/14	0.415 million
2014/15	0.427 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	3
History
1 October 1852	Station opens as Acocks Green
1878	Station renamed Acocks Green and South Yardley
6 May 1968	Station renamed Acocks Green
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Acocks Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Acocks Green railway station (previously known as Acocks Green & South Yardley) serves the Acocks Green area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Pre-nationalisation a GWR station on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside) the station is now served by London Midland, who manage the station, and by Chiltern Railways.

History

Acocks Green was built to connect the local community to the industrialised areas of the city. Although the station never had a goods yard, Acocks Green boasted 4 platforms, and a loop line on the northbound slow line. British Rail rationalisation led to the removal of the slow lines (and loop) in both directions and the demolition of one island platform to allow for the construction of the current car park.

Services

The station is served by three trains per hour in each direction between Birmingham Snow Hill and Dorridge. The Birmingham trains continue to either Stourbridge Junction or Kidderminster. One Dorridge service per hour continues to Stratford-upon-Avon, in peak hours some services extend to Leamington Spa.

The remaining platforms

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tyseley		Chiltern Railways London - Birmingham		Olton
Tyseley		London Midland Leamington-Worcester		Olton

External links

• Photographs of Acocks Green station at warwickshirerailways.com
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Acocks Green station
• Network West Midlands station page [1]
• Station on navigable O.S. map