Bloxwich railway station

Bloxwich
Bloxwich
Location
Place	Bloxwich
Local authority	Walsall
Operations
Station code	BLX
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
	Live arrivals/departures and station information; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	16,080
2005/06 *	16,317
2006/07 *	21,129
2007/08 *	24,003
2008/09 *	38,952
2009/10 *	42,602
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
	Opened 1989
	National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bloxwich from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Bloxwich railway station serves the town of Bloxwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

[edit] History

The present station opened in 1989, as part of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to Hednesford to passenger trains. An earlier Bloxwich station existed a few hundred yards to the south, just north of the level crossing and adjacent to the existing Bloxwich Signal Box (which in April 2011 retained its British Railways London Midland Region white-on-maroon enamel sign). That station closed to passengers on 18/01/1965 and to goods on 10/08/1964.

[edit] Services

Typically, Monday to Saturday daytimes, Bloxwich is served by one train per hour in each direction between Birmingham New Street and Rugeley Trent Valley where connections to Stafford, Stoke on Trent and Crewe are available, although a small number of trains (2 per day on weekdays) terminate at Hednesford. Services are usually operated by Class 170 diesel trains. During the morning and evening peak, trains to Walsall and Birmingham run at an increased 30 minute frequency.