Chester Road train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Chester Road on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Aston, with 143 trains a day.
- 24 direct destinations
- 750th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 164 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Chester Road
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston | 143 | 144 | 57 |
| Birmingham New Street | 143 | 144 | 57 |
| Erdington | 143 | 144 | 57 |
| Four Oaks | 143 | 144 | 57 |
| Gravelly Hill | 143 | 144 | 57 |
| Sutton Coldfield | 143 | 144 | 57 |
| Wylde Green | 143 | 144 | 57 |
| Bournville | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Five Ways | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Kings Norton | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Longbridge | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Northfield | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Selly Oak | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| University | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Barnt Green | 103 | 101 | 55 |
| Duddeston | 76 | 75 | 57 |
| Blake Street | 72 | 72 | 57 |
| Butlers Lane | 72 | 72 | 57 |
| Lichfield City | 72 | 72 | 57 |
| Shenstone | 72 | 72 | 57 |
| Lichfield Trent Valley | 71 | 71 | 57 |
| Alvechurch | 68 | 68 | 55 |
| Redditch | 68 | 68 | 55 |
| Bromsgrove | 65 | 64 | 0 |
Lines serving Chester Road
Chester Road is on the Cross-City Line and the Aston and Lichfield City Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Chester Road station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Chester Road station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Chester Road station is
658,658 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 750th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Chester Road and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 427,250 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Erdington 0.6 miles
- Wylde Green 0.7 miles
- Gravelly Hill 1.7 miles
- Sutton Coldfield 2.0 miles
- Witton 2.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Chester Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Penns · 1.3 miles
- Sutton Coldfield Town · 2.1 miles
- Bromford Bridge · 2.1 miles
- Castle Bromwich · 2.3 miles
- Sutton Park · 2.3 miles
- Saltley · 3.3 miles
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Facilities at Chester Road station
Chester Road is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:00 to 19:00 · Friday: 07:00 to 20:00 · Saturday: 08:00 to 20:00 · Sunday: 09:00 to 16:00
Waiting room
Parking at Chester Road station
- Green Lanes 164 spaces, 9 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 September 2026.
Getting to Chester Road station
Chester Road station is in Birmingham, West Midlands, and is run by West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway).
The nearest motorway junction is M6 J6 (Gravelly Hill Interchange), 2.1 miles south-west.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Chester Road Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Chester Road station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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