Butlers Lane  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Four Oaks,Birmingham England | ||||
| Grid reference | SP109994 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | BUL | ||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1957 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.246 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 42,252 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.116 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.142 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.168 million | ||||
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Butlers Lane railway station serves the northern part of theFour Oaks district ofSutton Coldfield,West Midlands, England. It is sited on theCross-City Line betweenBromsgrove/Redditch andLichfield Trent Valley, viaBirmingham New Street. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated byWest Midlands Trains.
The station was opened as a temporary wooden station in 1957 byBritish Railways, to coincide with the introduction of newdiesel multiple units on the line from Birmingham New Street to Lichfield. It was known originally asButlers Lane Halt, despite being staffed from the beginning.
It became one of the stations served by the new Cross-City Line from 1978. The original wooden station was rebuilt as a permanent structure during 1991/92, to coincide with the electrification of the line by British Rail.[1]
The station has a staffed ticket office on the southbound platform, open on a part-time basis throughout the week. A self-service ticket machine is also available for use when the office is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Waiting shelters are located on both platforms and train running information is given via CIS displays, timetable posters, automated announcements and two customer help points. No step-free access is possible to either platform, as both entrances from the road above require the use of steps.[2]
The station is served byWest Midlands Trains, with localTransport for West Midlands-brandedCross-City services operated byClass 730electric multiple units.[3]
The off-peak service pattern is as follows:[4]
Mondays to Saturdays:
Sundays:
Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.
The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 26 minutes.[5][6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Blake Street | West Midlands Railway Lichfield –Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line | Four Oaks | ||
52°35′35″N1°50′20″W / 52.59306°N 1.83889°W /52.59306; -1.83889
