Acocks Green railway station (previously known as Acocks Green & South Yardley) serves the

Acocks Green Acocks Green is an area and ward of southeast Birmingham, England. It is named after the Acock family, who built a large house there in 1370. Acocks Green is one of four wards making up Yardley formal district. It is occasionally spelled "Aco ...

area of

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, in the West Midlands region of

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. Pre-nationalisation a GWR station on their main line from London (Paddington) to Birkenhead (Woodside) the station is now served by

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, 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.

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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

on the Snow Hill Lines. Services operate every 30 minutes in each direction. *2 trains per hour run westbound to , continuing to and/or via , , and *2 trains per hour operate eastbound to via , one of which continues to . Two evening services extend to via . Acocks Green is no longer served by Chiltern Railways services as of the May 2023 timetable change. Services used to run southbound towards , and .

References

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External links

Photographs of Acocks Green station
at warwickshirerailways.com
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Acocks Green station
*Network West Midlands station pag

Station on navigable O.S. map
{{West Midlands railway stations, open Railway stations in Birmingham, West Midlands DfT Category E stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1852 Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains 1852 establishments in England