make the reopening of the line feasible. West Midlands Combined Authority also released a plan for the line as part of a 10-year transport plan called the 2026 Delivery for Transport. Passenger volume In 2021-22, the Cross-City Line's 24 stations (excluding New Street) had combined passenger numbers of 12.4 million, The busiest station on the route besides Birmingham New Street is University, with nearly two million passenger entries and exits, and the least busy station is with around 91,000 passenger entries and exits in 2021/22. Route description The railway stations and cities, towns and villages served by the line are listed below. Lichfield Trent Valley – on the outskirts of Lichfield, with connections to London Northwestern services along the Trent Valley line between London Euston and Crewe Lichfield City railway station – in central Lichfield Shenstone railway station in Shenstone, Staffordshire Blake Street railway station in Hill Hook, Sutton Coldfield Butlers Lane railway station in northern Four Oaks Four Oaks railway station in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield railway station in Sutton Coldfield Wylde Green railway station serving Wylde Green and Boldmere Chester Road railway station serving Pype Hayes and northern Erdington Erdington railway station in Erdington Gravelly Hill railway station in Gravelly Hill Aston railway station in Aston – the Walsall Line diverges here Duddeston railway station in Duddeston Birmingham New Street railway station in Birmingham City Centre Five Ways railway station in Five Ways, Birmingham University railway station serving the University of Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Selly Oak railway station in Selly Oak Bournville railway station in Bournville Kings Norton railway station in Kings Norton and Cotteridge Northfield railway station in Northfield, Birmingham Longbridge railway station in Longbridge Barnt Green railway station in Barnt Green – branches off the main line to Cheltenham here. Alvechurch railway station in Alvechurch Redditch railway station in Redditch Bromsgrove railway station in Bromsgrove A large stretch of the northern part of the line closely follows the A5127 road. Media In 1990, Railscene produced a driver's eye view of the then-diesel line, featuring the elderly rolling stock still in operation. Many features of the line have since been changed, for example, the rebuilding of Alvechurch and Redditch stations, the abolition of Lichfield City's goods sidings and closure of the Brownhills Line and the removal of the fourth platform of Lichfield Trent Valley. There was a highly publicised opening ceremony to celebrate