Sandwell & Dudley railway station
| General information | |||||
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| Location | Oldbury, Sandwell England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°30′31″N 2°00′42″W / 52.508637°N 2.011776°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SO992900 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SAD | ||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1852 | Opened as Oldbury | ||||
| 1984 | Rebuilt and renamed Sandwell & Dudley | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 | 0.221 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.605 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.807 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.878 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1.006 million | ||||
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Sandwell & Dudley railway station is a railway station serving Sandwell and Dudley in the West Midlands. It is located on the Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line. The station is located in the Oldbury area of Sandwell.
History
It was originally opened as Oldbury in 1852 and was one of two stations in the town. The more centrally located Great Western Railway (GWR) Oldbury station was located on the site of the bingo hall opposite the Sainsbury's supermarket and was the only station on the GWR's Oldbury line from Langley Green.
In May 1984, the station was renamed Sandwell & Dudley, having been demolished and rebuilt by British Rail with longer platforms capable of handling long-distance InterCity trains.[1][2] The station's name is somewhat misleading, as the station is not in the immediate vicinity of Dudley, with the nearest station to the actual town being Dudley Port railway station.
Services
The station is served by three train operating companies, with general off-peak services as follows (in trains per hour/day):
- 1 train per hour (tph) to London Euston, via Birmingham New Street
- 1 train every 2 hours to Edinburgh, via Wigan North Western
- 1 train every 2 hours to Glasgow Central, via Wigan North Western
- 2 trains per hour between Wolverhampton and Walsall, via Birmingham New Street.[4]
Regular calls on local stopping services to stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury were removed in the December 2022 timetable change.[5]
Transport for Wales Rail[6][7]
- 1 tph to Birmingham International
- 1 tp2h to Aberystwyth & Pwllheli, via Shrewsbury; the service divides at Machynlleth
- 1 tp2h to Holyhead.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Wolverhampton | Avanti West Coast West Coast Main Line |
Birmingham New Street | ||
| Wolverhampton towards Shrewsbury
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West Midlands Railway Birmingham–Shrewsbury
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Smethwick Galton Bridge towards Birmingham New Street
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| Dudley Port towards
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West Midlands Railway Wolverhampton – Birmingham – Walsall
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Smethwick Galton Bridge towards
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| Wolverhampton | Transport for Wales Birmingham – Chester |
Birmingham New Street | ||
| Transport for Wales Birmingham – Aberystwyth / Pwllheli |
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References
- ^ Intelligence Railway Gazette International issue May 1983 page 314
- ^ 110 mph for Class 87s Rail Enthusiast issue 33 June 1984 page 6
- ^ "Our latest timetable and ticket info". Avanti West Coast.
- ^ "Train Timetables and Schedules | Sandwell & Dudley". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "December Timetable Change – what's happening?". Railsmartr. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Train Times | 21 May - 9 September 2023 | Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Chester" (PDF). Transport for Wales Rail. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Cambrian | Train Times | 21 May - 9 September 2023 | Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth-Pwllheli" (PDF). Transport for Wales Rail. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.