Shenstone railway station

Shenstone
Shenstone station pictured in August 2024
General information
Location	Shenstone, Staffordshire England
Coordinates	52.639°N 1.844°W / 52.639; -1.844
Grid reference	SK106046
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SEN
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1884
Key dates
1964	Closed to goods
Passengers
2019/20	0.179 million
2020/21	61,570
2021/22	91,782
2022/23	0.130 million
2023/24	0.142 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Shenstone railway station serves the village of Shenstone, in Staffordshire, England. It is a stop on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch, Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley.

History

Shenstone station was opened in 1884, when the London and North Western Railway extended their Birmingham to Sutton Coldfield line northwards to Lichfield.

Services

The station is served by West Midlands Railway, with local Transport for West Midlands branded Cross-City services, operated using Class 730 electric multiple units.

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 2 tph (trains per hour) northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley, via Lichfield City, departing from platform 1
• 2 tph southbound to Bromsgrove, via Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham New Street and University, departing from platform 2.

Sundays:

• 2 tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
• 2 tph southbound to Redditch, calling at all stations.

The average journey time to Lichfield City is around 5 minutes and to Birmingham New Street is around 32 minutes.

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

External links

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