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 Kings Norton 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Kings Norton had 675,768 entries and exits, making it the 627th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
627/2575
It ranked 352nd busiest (out of 997), with 942 scheduled services per week.
352/997
That's a daily average of 1851.42 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 13.80 passengers per service, giving it the 725th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
725/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 230,200
Reduced price entries & exits: 270,606
Season ticket entries & exits: 174,962
Total entries & exits: 675,768
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +138,734 : 25.83%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1150545
4150545
*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)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
184Lichfield T.V. - Four Oaks - Birmingham - Longbridge - RedditchOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +391,138 (+137.42%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Main portion of increase due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (extra 290,000 entries and exits in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology)
2018-19 Improved services from December 2018
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 Details

Location: Kings Norton
CRS: KNN / NLC: 1109 / TIPLOC(S): KNORTON
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 404649 279577
Constituency: Birmingham, Selly Oak
Local Authority: Birmingham
NR Region: West Midlands
PTE: West Midlands
ELR: BAG2 46m 59ch
This station is part of the West Midlands PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Kings Norton during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (209,496 journeys)
•University (Birmingham) (27,485 journeys)
•Five Ways (18,177 journeys)
•Redditch (10,196 journeys)
•Longbridge (6,837 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Kings Norton's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Birmingham New Street7.18
Bournville1.05
Northfield1.40
Water Orton11.99