page_title: Lichfield City railway station
section_title: Recent history
hierarchical_section_title: Lichfield City railway station / History / Recent history
caption_attribution_description: English: The platform at Lichfield City railway station.
context_page_description: Lichfield City is one of two railway stations serving the city of Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. It is situated in the city-centre, and is towards the northern end of the Cross-City Line 17 ¹⁄₄ miles northeast of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway. The other station serving Lichfield is Lichfield Trent Valley, on the city outskirts.
context_section_description: Passenger trains northwards via Trent Valley station to Burton upon Trent ceased in January 1965, along with trains to Walsall so Lichfield City became the northern terminus of the line from Birmingham.  This later became part of the Cross-City Line.  In 1988 under British Rail, the line was extended back to Trent Valley.  Lichfield City has retained considerable character.
  The line to Walsall subsequently closed to all traffic in March 1984, except for the portion as far as Anglesey sidings (near Hammerwich), which was retained to serve a Charringtons oil terminal.  Traffic from there ceased in 2002 and the line has been disused since then (though the track remains intact).
  In June 1990 the station was in the news after a trainee soldier, William Robert Davies, aged 19, was shot and killed, and two other new recruits were wounded, whilst they were awaiting a train to Birmingham. They had been shot by two IRA gunmen. A plaque commemorating the incident is situated in the station.
caption: The station platform
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