Sandwell and Dudley railway station

Sandwell and Dudley
Location
Place	Oldbury
Local authority	Sandwell
Coordinates	52.508637°N 2.011776°W / 52.508637; -2.011776
Operations
Station code	SAD
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.226 million
2005/06 *	0.252 million
2006/07 *	0.280 million
2007/08 *	0.315 million
2008/09 *	0.556 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	4
History
1852 1983	Opened (as Oldbury and Bromford Lane) Rebuilt and renamed
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sandwell and Dudley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Sandwell and Dudley railway station is on the Stour Valley Section of the West Coast Main Line, on the outskirts of Oldbury town centre on Bromford Lane (the main route towards West Bromwich, West Midlands), England.

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 was located on the site of the bingo hall opposite the Sainsburys super market and was the only station on the GWR's Oldbury Branch Line from Langley Green.

However, in 1984 it was rebuilt as a railway station designed to serve the metropolitan boroughs of Sandwell and Dudley with a new name to suit. It was equipped with longer platforms capable of handling long-distance trains intercity trains.

Services

The station today is operated by London Midland on behalf of Centro. Services are provided by Virgin Trains and London Midland.

Current Services are as follows:

• 2 London Midland stopping services each to Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street, one of which travels onwards to Walsall via Aston
• 2 Virgin Trains services - one to Wolverhampton and the other to London Euston via Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International, Coventry and either Milton Keynes or Watford Junction. Occasionally services will also stop at Rugby.

Both platforms have lifts, making the station fully accessible to people in wheelchairs.

External links

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Sandwell and Dudley station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Birmingham New Street		London Midland Birmingham-Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury		Wolverhampton
Smethwick Galton Bridge		London Midland Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line		Dudley Port
Birmingham New Street		Virgin Trains London-Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton