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 up to every ten minutes in each direction.
The line to the north towards Lichfield City had a less frequent service to begin with,as Lichfield being outside the West Midlands PTE boundary;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 train operation at the station commenced in 1992,with services running as far as New Street,with the full line through to Redditch following suit in July 1993.
Four Oaks remains a terminus for some services from the south,which mostly use the bay platform 3 on the eastern side of the station to turn back. [1] Northbound trains continuing to Lichfield use platform 1 and southbound ones from there use platform 2,though this can also be used for terminating trains from the south.
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