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Location notes
Lichfield Trent Valley Station has 3, low level, platforms located on the West Coast Main Line with a link to the high level where stone trains and engineer trains come from Burton direction to join the WCML.
Railway type and traffic
Virgin West Coast and London Midland Passenger workings with Intermodal/Odd Cement train/Mountsorrel ballast/engineer trains/network rail workings.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Lichfield Trent Valley Station This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
A set of station platforms.
Road directions
Lichfield is signposted from the A38, follow the A5192 into the town and once you go under the railway line the station is signposted.
There are toilets in the station building. There is a Lidl located 5-10 minutes walk away.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin: It might be necessary to adjust the time to suit your visit, this link should open with the current day.
Lichfield Trent Valley Station
Light is best in the afternoon Great angles for trains in either direction. Best location for northbound trains is either top of platform 1 or halfway up platform 1 just after the station building Southbound is best viewed at the very north end of platform 1 or south end of platform 2.
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