Butlers Lane railway station

Butlers Lane
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Location
Place	Four Oaks
Local authority	Birmingham
Grid reference	SP109994
Operations
Station code	BUL
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	0.186 million
2011/12	0.189 million
2012/13	0.186 million
2013/14	0.202 million
2014/15	0.206 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
Key dates	Opened 1957 (1957)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Butlers Lane from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Butlers Lane railway station serves the northern part of the Four Oaks district of Sutton Coldfield, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line. The station, and all trains calling there are operated by London Midland.

History

The station was built in 1957 under British Railways, to coincide with the introduction of new diesel multiple units on the line from Birmingham to Lichfield. It became one of the stations served by the new Cross-City Line from 1978. It underwent major refurbishment in 1992, shortly after the line was electrified by British Rail.

For its first few years the station was an unstaffed halt and a request stop. However, in the late 1960s it became a staffed station, and a regular stop.

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View northward, towards Lichfield in 1962

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate four trains per hour southbound; with two to Longbridge and two to Redditch. Northbound there are four trains per hour as well; two to Lichfield Trent Valley and two to Lichfield City. On Sundays, trains run every 30 minutes between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch.

References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Blake Street		London Midland Cross-City Line		Four Oaks

External links

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