Acocks Green railway station

52°26′56″N 1°49′05″W / 52.449°N 1.818°W / 52.449; -1.818Grid referenceSP123835Managed byWest Midlands TrainsTransit authorityTransport for West MidlandsPlatforms2Other informationStation codeACGFare zone3ClassificationDfT category EKey dates1 October 1852Station opens as Acocks Green1878Station renamed Acocks Green and South Yardley6 May 1968Station renamed Acocks GreenPassengers2018/19 0.541 million2019/20 0.551 million2020/21 0.139 million2021/22 0.272 million2022/23 0.305 million

Location

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Acocks Green railway station (previously known as Acocks Green & South Yardley) serves the Acocks Green area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands region of England. Pre-nationalisation a GWR station on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside) the station is now served by West Midlands Railway, who manage the station.

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 West Midlands Railway on the Snow Hill Lines.^[1][2] Services operate every 30 minutes in each direction.

• 2 trains per hour run westbound to Birmingham Snow Hill, continuing to Worcester Foregate Street and/or Worcester Shrub Hill via Smethwick Galton Bridge, Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster and Droitwich Spa
• 2 trains per hour operate eastbound to Dorridge via Solihull, one of which continues to Stratford-upon-Avon. Two evening services extend to Leamington Spa via Warwick.

Acocks Green is no longer served by Chiltern Railways services as of the May 2023 timetable change.^[3][4] Services used to run southbound towards Banbury, High Wycombe and Marylebone.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Olton		West Midlands Railway Stratford - Birmingham - Worcester via Kidderminster Snow Hill lines		Tyseley or Small Heath
		West Midlands Railway Leamington - Birmingham - Worcester

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

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