Four Oaks railway station

Four Oaks
265px Four Oaks station, looking north
Location
Place	Four Oaks
Local authority	Birmingham
Grid reference	SP117980
Operations
Station code	FOK
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.548 million
2011/12	0.581 million
2012/13	0.585 million
2013/14	0.623 million
2014/15	0.640 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
Key dates	Opened 1884 (1884)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Four Oaks from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Four Oaks railway station serves the Four Oaks area of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

History

The station opened in 1884, when the London and North Western Railway's line from Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield was extended to Lichfield. More recently, in May 1978 Four Oaks became the northern terminus of the newly-inaugurated Cross-City Line from Longbridge via Birmingham New Street, with trains running every 15 minutes in each direction.

The line to the north towards Lichfield City had a less frequent service to begin with (Lichfield being outside the West Midlands PTE boundary), but the growing popularity of the route led to it gaining additional services by the mid-1980s. Eventually, the line was extended to Lichfield Trent Valley in November 1988. Electric operation at the station commenced in 1992 (as far as New Street), with the full line through to Redditch following suit in July 1993.

Services

The standard Monday to Saturday pattern sees six trains per hour call at the station; two of these terminate at Four Oaks from the south, and four continue north to Lichfield City, two of which continue to Lichfield Trent Valley. Southbound there are six trains per hour to either Longbridge or Redditch. A limited service operates between Four Oaks and Wolverhampton calling at all stations en route.

On Sundays, trains run between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch (running the whole length of the line), calling all stations, every 30 minutes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Butlers Lane		London Midland Cross-City Line		Sutton Coldfield
Terminus		London Midland Cross-City Line

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

External links

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