Trains to Lichfield Trent Valley - Station Details and further Information on Lichfield Trent Valley Train Services
Lichfield Trent Valley is a split-level train station on the outskirts of the city of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. It has the IATA location identifier XQT. It is one of two stations in Lichfield, the other being Lichfield City in the city-centre. The station is not particularly near the city, being one mile from the city-centre. Nor, indeed is it near the River Trent. It is an example of a station built primarily to serve a railway junction.
Facilities are basic - the original station building burned down in the 1990s, and the ticket office is now a temporary wooden building. Its low-level platforms are located on the Trent Valley Line section of the West Coast Main Line. The Fastest passenger services are run by Virgin Trains, although only a handful of peak time and weekend services call at the station. From December 2008 hourly services commenced in each direction thanks to the new London Midland semi-fast service between Euston and Crewe via Northampton and Stoke-on-Trent (Monday to Saturday daytime plus a limited Sunday service). During weekdays, the London Midland service are designed to connect with fast Virgin trains services at Rugby, offering an total journey time between Lichfield Trent Valley and London Euston of 1 hour and 35 minutes including the connection time.
A single platform at right-angles to the low-level station, accessible by a staircase from the latter, forms the high-level part of the station. This forms the northern terminus of the Cross-City Line, and is served by two trains an hour, every day of the week.
The route North of Lichfield on the high-level line, connected to the southbound West Coast Main Line by a single track chord, runs via Alrewas to Wichnor Junction, near Burton upon Trent. Primarily a freight route, this line is also used by Virgin Trains to move trains from Birmingham to Bombardier's maintenance depot at Central Rivers, near Burton. The route is sometimes used as a means of diverting trains when engineering work takes place between Birmingham New Street and Tamworth. |