Sandwell & Dudley railway station


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 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. 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 :
Avanti West Coast:
  • 1 train per hour to, via
  • 1 train every 2 hours to, via
  • 1 train every 2 hours to, via Wigan North Western
West Midlands Railway
Regular calls on local stopping services to stations between Wolverhampton and were removed in the December 2022 timetable change.
Transport for Wales Rail
  • 1 tph to
  • 1 tp2h to &, via Shrewsbury; the service divides at
  • 1 tp2h to.