The Aston and Lichfield City Line
The Aston and Lichfield City Line runs for 8.2 miles between Aston and Blake Street, serving 9 stations, with a top line speed of 60 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 8.2 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 8 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 9 |
| Top line speed | 60 mph |
| Passengers a year | 4.9 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Aston613,448 a year
- Gravelly Hill390,286 a year
- Erdington481,364 a year
- Chester Road658,658 a year
- Wylde Green520,686 a year
- Sutton Coldfield1.0 million a year
- Four Oaks701,024 a year
- Butlers Lane193,930 a year
- Blake Street344,892 a year
The busiest station on the line is Sutton Coldfield, 1.0 million entries and exits a year and 518th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Cross-City Line, Proof House Junction and Bushbury Junction Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.