Marston Green railway station is located in the suburb of

Marston Green Marston Green is a large suburban village of around 5,000 residents in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands. It lies within the historic counties o ...

, in the borough of

Solihull Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blyth ...

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, England. It is the nearest station to

Chelmsley Wood Chelmsley Wood is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, with a population of 12,453. It is located near Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. It lies about eight miles eas ...

. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by

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History

The station opened on 9 April 1838 as part of the

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's line between and . 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.

Facilities

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

and

stop.

Services

Marston Green is served by two local stopping trains per hour, to northbound which both continue to and two trains per hour to southbound. Some early morning and late evening services continue to or via . On Sundays, two trains per hour run to , of which one is a local stopping service and continues northbound to and the other is a fast service calling only at . Two trains per hour run to of which one is fast and continues to via . All services are operated by

. Most services operate under the

West Midlands Railway West Midlands Trains (WMT) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates passenger trains on the West Midlands franchise between London and the English Midlands under two trade names: West Midlands Railway (WMR) (within the ...

brand and operate within the West Midlands region only. Services which start/terminate at , and (mainly early morning, late evening and some Sunday services) operate under the

London Northwestern Railway West Midlands Trains (WMT) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates passenger trains on the West Midlands franchise between London and the English Midlands under two trade names: West Midlands Railway (WMR) (within the ...

brand. Until the December 2022 timetable change,

services to , and called at Marston Green but the calls at Marston Green were mostly withdrawn due to low patronage and to improve performance. A limited

service operates at the start and end of service and on Sundays when the local

service is reduced.

References

External links

Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Marston Green railway station
Railway stations in Solihull DfT Category E stations Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1838 Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains {{WestMidlands-railstation-stub

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