Chester Road station
Chester Road 
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Chester Road station, looking towards Erdington
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| Location | |
| Place | Erdington |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°32′06″N 1°49′55″W / 52.535°N 1.832°WCoordinates: 52°32′06″N 1°49′55″W / 52.535°N 1.832°W |
| Grid reference | SP114931 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CRD |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.748 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.763 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.799 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.816 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.882 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 December 1863 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chester Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Chester Road railway station is a railway station serving the Pype Hayes and Erdington areas of north-east Birmingham, in the West Midlands county of England. It is situated on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line.
It is a park and ride station, and has a free car park which was expanded in May 2006.
Pedestrian access to the station is via Green Lanes, near the junction with the Chester Road (A452). The station is above road level, as the line here is on an embankment.
The line from Aston to Sutton Coldfield was built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1862, although Chester Road station was not opened until 1 December 1863. The LNWR became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1921, as part of the Grouping, which was nationalised to become part of British Railways at the beginning of 1948. The station booking office and waiting room were rebuilt in 1991-1992 during the electrification of the line. The original LNWR station waiting room was dismantled, and moved Market Bosworth, another former LNWR station, on the preserved Battlefield Line Railway.
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