Barnt Green railway station
Barnt Green 
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The Cross-City Line platforms to the left; to the right, the Worcester Line platforms.
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| Location | |
| Place | Barnt Green |
| Local authority | Bromsgrove |
| Coordinates | 52°21′39″N 1°59′33″W / 52.3607°N 1.9926°WCoordinates: 52°21′39″N 1°59′33″W / 52.3607°N 1.9926°W |
| Grid reference | SP006736 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BTG |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.256 million |
| – Interchange |
 31,951 |
| 2012/13 |
0.249 million |
| – Interchange |
33,617 |
| 2013/14 |
0.260 million |
| – Interchange |
35,725 |
| 2014/15 |
0.251 million |
| – Interchange |
36,517 |
| 2015/16 |
0.270 million |
| – Interchange |
45,026 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1844 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Barnt Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Barnt Green railway station serves the village of Barnt Green, North Worcestershire, England. It is situated at the junction of the Cross-City Line and the Cross Country Route 9 1⁄2 miles (15.3 km) south west of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.
The main line through Barnt Green was built and opened by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1841, but it would be 1844 before Barnt Green received its station. The B&GR was linked to the Bristol and Gloucester Railway in 1845 to create a through route to the West Country and then became part of the Midland Railway's expanding network in 1846. The station then became a junction in 1859 with the opening of the Midland's branch line to Redditch. This was subsequently extended through to Evesham and Ashchurch in stages between 1866 and 1868. The Midland then opened a second route into Birmingham New Street (the Birmingham West Suburban Railway) in 1885 to provide an alternative to the original B&G line via Camp Hill, which was becoming increasingly congested at its eastern end (which it shared with the LNWR main line from Euston and the Midland's own route from Derby).
Though the station was used as an interchange between the two lines from the outset, its main line platforms were initially staggered - the northbound platform being located north of the junction and initially connected to the two southbound ones by a foot crossing (which was replaced by a footbridge in 1895). A second platform on the branch was provided in 1894, when the first 350 yards from the junction were doubled. A more comprehensive rebuilding scheme came in 1928, when the Cofton Tunnel was demolished and replaced by a wide cutting, so that the main line towards Northfield and Kings Norton could be quadrupled by the LMS (who had taken over ownership of the station at the 1923 Grouping). This saw the Birmingham-bound platform relocated south of the junction to create the layout still in use today.
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