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Location | Marston Green, Solihull England | ||||
Grid reference | SP166854 | ||||
Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MGN | ||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1838 | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.847 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.182 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.444 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.576 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.568 million | ||||
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Marston Green railway station is a station serving Chelmsley Wood and Marston Green in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull and the Birmingham suburbs of Lea Hall and Sheldon in the West Midlands County,England. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by West Midlands Trains.
The station opened on 9 April 1838 [1] as part of the LNWR's line between Birmingham New Street and Coventry. Unlike many of the other small rail stations constructed in the mid 19th century around Birmingham,Marston Green station has remained open to passengers since it was opened. However,none of the railway station's original features remain,having been replaced during the 1970s.
The station has a ticket office located on platform 1 which is open Monday-Thursday 06:15-19:00,Friday 06:15-20:00,Saturday 08:00-20:00 and Sunday 09:00-14:00. When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket machine on platform 2 which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train.
The railway station is adjacent to bus stops,where buses towards Solihull and Chelmsley Wood stop.
Marston Green is served by two local stopping trains per hour,to Birmingham New Street northbound which both continue to Rugeley Trent Valley and two trains per hour to Birmingham International southbound. Some early morning and late evening services continue to Coventry or London Euston via Northampton.
On Sundays,two trains per hour run to Birmingham New Street,of which one is a local stopping service and continues northbound to Rugeley Trent Valley and the other is a fast service calling only at Birmingham New Street. Two trains per hour run to Birmingham International of which one is fast and continues to London Euston via Northampton. [2] [3]
All services are operated by West Midlands Trains. Most services operate under the West Midlands Railway brand and operate within the West Midlands region only. Services which start/terminate at Rugby,Northampton and London Euston (mainly early morning,late evening and Sunday services) operate under the London Northwestern Railway brand. [4]
Prior to the December 2022 timetable change,London Northwestern Railway services to Coventry,Northampton and London Euston called at Marston Green but the calls at Marston Green were mostly withdrawn due to low patronage and to improve performance. [5] A limited London Northwestern Railway service operates at the start and end of service and on Sundays when the local West Midlands Railway service is reduced.
Central Trains was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by National Express that operated a variety of local and inter-regional trains from 2 March 1997 until 11 November 2007.
Birmingham International is a railway station known by code "BHI" in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England,just east of Birmingham. It is on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line 14 km (8.7 mi) east of Birmingham New Street railway station. BHI serves Birmingham Airport,the National Exhibition Centre,the Resorts World Arena,and Resorts World Birmingham.
Marston Green is a village in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green,in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands. It lies within the historic county of Warwickshire. The Parish which includes the village had a population of 7,432 in the 2021 Census.
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Rugeley Trent Valley is a railway station serving the market town of Rugeley in Staffordshire,England. It is one of two stations serving Rugeley,the other being Rugeley Town. It is on the eastern side of the town close to the Rugeley Trent Valley Trading Estate and located close to the River Trent. West Midlands Trains operate the station,and all trains serving it.
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Solihull railway station serves the market town of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains and Chiltern Railways. CrossCountry serve the station occasionally to replace stops at Coventry and Birmingham International during engineering work. Solihull used to have a regular Virgin CrossCountry service to Manchester Piccadilly,Blackpool North and Portsmouth Harbour until 2004,when all services through the station were made to run non-stop between Birmingham and Leamington Spa.
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Birmingham International | West Midlands Railway Birmingham International – Walsall – Rugeley Trent Valley | Lea Hall or Birmingham New Street | ||
London Northwestern Railway London Euston/Northampton – Birmingham New Street (Limited service, except on Sundays) |
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