Solihull railway station
Solihull 
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| Location | |
| Place | Solihull |
| Local authority | Metropolitan Borough of Solihull |
| Grid reference | SP144796 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SOL |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| 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 |
 1.424 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.556 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.662 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.742 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.834 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 4 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1852 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Solihull from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 52°24′53″N 1°47′20″W / 52.41472°N 1.78889°W
Solihull railway station serves the town of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by London Midland and Chiltern Railways. CrossCountry serve the station occasionally, when replacing stops at Coventry and Birmingham International during engineering work. Solihull used to have a regular Virgin Trains service to Manchester Piccadilly, Blackpool North and Portsmouth Harbour until 2004, when all services through the station were made to run non-stop between Birmingham and Leamington Spa.
The station booking office is located underneath the trackbed in a subway, where footsteps lead up to the island platform. Services are operated by Chiltern Railways to London Marylebone via High Wycombe, London Midland to Dorridge, extending to Leamington Spa at peak times. The vast majority of Chiltern Railways services terminate at Birmingham Snow Hill, with extensions to Kidderminster at peak times. London Midland operate services to Stourbridge Junction on a 20-minute frequency.
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