The Cross-City Line
The Cross-City Line runs for 16.5 miles between Duddeston and Lichfield Trent Valley, serving 13 stations, with a top line speed of 90 mph.
See the Cross-City Line on the live map
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The line in numbers
| Length | 16.5 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 24 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 13 |
| Top line speed | 90 mph |
| Passengers a year | 7.1 million entries and exits across its stations |
| Engineer's Line Reference | ALC2, ALC1, BJW3, PBJ |
Stations on this line
- Duddeston340,568 a year
- 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
- Shenstone149,888 a year
- Lichfield City777,334 a year
- Lichfield Trent Valley887,958 a year
The busiest station on the line is Sutton Coldfield, 1.0 million entries and exits a year and 518th busiest in Britain.
Freight on this line, hour by hour
No freight is booked over the Cross-City Line in the week beginning 21 September 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a line with none booked is one that freight does not use.
Lines it meets
Aston and Lichfield City Line, Proof House Junction and Bushbury Junction Line, Trent Valley 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.