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.
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| General information | |||||
| 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 | ||||
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| Station code | SAD | ||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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| 1852 | Opened as Oldbury | ||||
| 1984 | Rebuilt and renamed Sandwell & Dudley | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1.052 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.221 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.605 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.807 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.878 million | ||||
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History
editIt 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]
Services
editThe station is operated by West Midlands Trains on behalf of Transport for West Midlands.
As of November 2024, it is served by:
- 1tph southbound to London Euston via Birmingham New Street and Coventry
- 1tph to Preston via Warrington Bank Quay and Wigan North Western:
- 2 trains per day extend to Blackpool North only, with 1 train every 2 hours running to Edinburgh (7tpd) and 5 trains per day (tpd) running to Glasgow Central. Services to Scotland run via Carlisle. At peak times additional services start/terminate at Wolverhampton.
- 2tph stopping services between Wolverhampton and Walsall via Birmingham New Street and Aston.[4][5][6]
Calls on local stopping services to stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury were removed in the December 2022 timetable change.[7]
- 1tp2h to Pwllheli & Aberystwyth (train divides at Machynlleth)
- 1tp2h to Holyhead via Shrewsbury, Wrexham General and Chester, two evening services instead run to Llandudno, and Manchester Piccadilly, via Warrington Bank Quay, respectively.
- 1tph southbound to Birmingham International.[8][9]
| Preceding station | 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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| Wolverhampton | Transport for Wales Birmingham - Chester |
Birmingham New Street | ||
| Transport for Wales Birmingham - Aberystwyth / Pwllheli |
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References
edit- ^ Intelligence Railway Gazette International issue May 1983 page 314
- ^ 110 mph for Class 87s Rail Enthusiast issue 33 June 1984 page 6
- ^ "Scheduled timetable book for 2 June to 14 December 2024" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
- ^ "Train Timetables and Schedules | Sandwell & Dudley". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Train times | 2 June 2024 until 14 December 2024 | Wolverhampton to Birmingham via Smethwick". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train times | 2 June 2024 until 14 December 2024 | Rugeley to Birmingham New Street via Walsall". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "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.