Earlswood | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Earlswood, Solihull |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.3667°N -1.8614°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | West Midlands Trains |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | EWD |
Zone: | 5 |
Classification: | DfT category F2 |
Transit Authority: | Transport for West Midlands |
Opened: | 1908 |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Earlswood railway station is located on the western fringe of the village of Earlswood on the West Midlands/Warwickshire border in England. The platforms straddle the county border, with the approach road on the West Midlands side. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains.
Originally opened as Earlswood Lakes in mid-1908, the station was renamed Earlswood on 6 May 1974[1] despite being located next to the settlement of Foreshaw Heath and The Lakes railway station being located closer to Earlswood village.
The station is served by hourly trains in each direction, westbound to via and southbound to . Evening services continue to or terminate at Snow Hill or . On Sundays, services towards Kidderminster continue to .[2] [3]