Where is Northfield Station?
Northfield Station is between Station Road and Copse Close, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 3TE
In brief
The Midland Railway opened a station in Northfield in 1870. The lines through the station was quadrupled by 1892. The station was under threat of closure in the 1963 Beeching Report. But was saved by 1965. Part of the Cross City Line from 1978. But only platform 1 and 4 in use (platform 2 and 3 are unused apart from an artwork). The line through the station was electrified in 1993. Lifts to both platforms built during 2012 and opened by 2013. The line uses Class 323 Electric Multiple Units. Trains every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday. Half hourly on Sunday's.
West Midlands Railway Class 3323 at Northfield Station. Photography by Elliott Brown
Station building
All stations that opened on the Cross City Line were designed by John Broome and opened in 1978. The lift is more recent having opened in 2013. Northfield Interchange sculpture outside is called the All Seasons Tree and was designed by Rosemary Terry in 1993.
Northfield Station (January 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
Subway
There is no footbridge at Northfield Station, so access between platforms 1 and 4 is via a subway (probably dates to the 1978 Cross City Line rebuild of the station).
Subway at Northfield Station (October 2020). Photography by Elliott Brown
New lifts
The new pair of lifts were opened at Northfield Station in 2013. The first lift is close to the Park & Ride car park, the other near the Station Road entrance.
Lift at Northfield Station (September 2015). Photography by Elliott Brown
Lift at Northfield Station (April 2018). Photography by Elliott Brown
Town and Country
In the middle of the unused island platform (2 & 3) is an artwork called Town and Country, by the artist Rosemary Terry, made in 1993 out of reused railway sleepers. There is another similar artwork in the Park & Ride car park.
Town and County sculpture at Northfield Station (January 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
Town and County sculpture at Northfield Station (January 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown
All Seasons Tree
The Northfield Interchange has been outside of Northfield Station since at least the early 2000s. On top of it is a steel sculpture called the All Seasons Tree by artist Rosemary Terry. It was temporarily removed in 2012, while the new lifts were being built, and relocated from where it was originally the following year.
All Seasons Tree at Northfield Station (January 2017). Photography by Elliott Brown