Kings Norton railway station
Kings Norton 
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Kings Norton railway station in 2013, only the two outer platforms are in use.
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| Location | |
| Place | Kings Norton |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°24′47″N 1°56′02″W / 52.413°N 1.934°WCoordinates: 52°24′47″N 1°56′02″W / 52.413°N 1.934°W |
| Grid reference | SP046795 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KNN |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.102 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.092 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.142 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.146 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.237 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| 1849 | Opened |
| 1978 | Rebuilt |
| 2006 | Original building demolished |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kings Norton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Kings Norton railway station serves the Kings Norton and Cotteridge areas of Birmingham, England. It lies on Cross-City Line from Redditch through Birmingham New Street to Lichfield. The station's main entrance is located on Pershore Road South, the A441.
The current Kings Norton station is the second station to be built in the Kings Norton area. The original Lifford railway station (the first of three stations to bear the Lifford name) was first built on what is now the Camp Hill Line ).
Opening in 1849, Kings Norton was developed as part of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway's line to Curzon Street via the Camp Hill Line. The platforms were extended in length in 1892 with the extension of the Midland Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway. This enabled the construction of a large coal and goods yard with sidings for the adjacent Triplex factory. In the mid 1920s, two additional lines and platforms were added - opening to traffic on 14 March 1926. Stations on the Camp Hill Line were closed to Passenger Traffic from January 1941, although passenger trains continued to use the line and stop at Kings Norton Station
The station was rebuilt in 1978 by British Rail and the lines through the station were electrified in 1993.
With the development of both bus and tram services, the need for such a large facility reduced from the 1930s onwards. The result is that today although all four platforms remain in place, only the outer two are in passenger use, with the middle island platforms now derelict.
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