In 2022/2023, Chester Road had 489,082 entries and exits, making it the 791^st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 374^th busiest (out of 997), with 902 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1339.95 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 10.43 passengers per service, giving it the 903^rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Down	152	552
Up	152	552

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Main portion of increase due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (extra 171,000 entries and exits in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology)
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location: Chester Road
CRS: CRD / NLC: 1130 / TIPLOC(S): CHSRD
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 411460 293112
Constituency: Sutton Coldfield
Local Authority: Birmingham
NR Region: West Midlands
PTE: West Midlands
ELR: ALC1 2m 76ch
This station is part of the West Midlands PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Chester Road during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (166,387 journeys)
•University (Birmingham) (21,098 journeys)
•Five Ways (6,812 journeys)
•Sutton Coldfield (5,950 journeys)
•Lichfield City (4,096 journeys)
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