Butlers Lane railway station

Butlers Lane
General information
Location	Four Oaks, Birmingham England
Grid reference	SP109994
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BUL
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1957
Passengers
2019/20	0.246 million
2020/21	42,252
2021/22	0.116 million
2022/23	0.142 million
2023/24	0.168 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Butlers Lane railway station serves the northern part of the Four Oaks district of Sutton Coldfield, England. It is sited on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch and Lichfield Trent Valley, via Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by West Midlands Trains.

History

View northward towards Lichfield, in 1962

The station was opened as a temporary wooden station in 1957 under British Railways, to coincide with the introduction of new diesel multiple units on the line from Birmingham New Street to Lichfield. It was known originally as Butlers Lane Halt, despite being staffed from the beginning.

It became one of the stations served by the new Cross-City Line from 1978. The original wooden station was rebuilt as a permanent structure during 1991/92, to coincide with the electrification of the line by British Rail.

Facilities

The station has a staffed ticket office on the southbound platform, open on a part-time basis throughout the week. A self-service ticket machine is also available for use when the office is closed and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Waiting shelters are located on both platforms and train running information is given via CIS displays, timetable posters, automated announcements and two customer help points. No step-free access is possible to either platform, as both entrances from the road above require the use of steps.

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated using Class 323 Electric multiple units (EMUs) until September 2024 and currently by Class 730 EMUs.

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley via Lichfield City, departing from Platform 2.
• 2tph southbound to Bromsgrove via Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham New Street and University, departing from Platform 1.

Sundays:

• 2tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
• 2tph southbound to Redditch.

Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch.

The average journey time to Birmingham New Street is around 26 minutes.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Blake Street		West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line		Four Oaks

External links

• Train times and station information for Butlers Lane railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Butlers Lane station