List of railway stations in the West Midlands

Map of the West Midlands

This is a list of railway stations within the West Midlands, a metropolitan county in central England which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It includes all railway stations in the West Midlands that currently have regular timetabled train services, as well as certain stations outside the county which are within the area supported by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM),^[a] better known by their corporate name, Centro.^[b] Transport within the West Midlands is subsidised by WMPTE, who since 2006 have used the brand name Network West Midlands to demonstrate the 'joined-up' nature of the regions bus and rail networks.

The West Midlands rail network is divided into five zones, centred on Birmingham city centre. This is mainly for the purpose of defining season ticket boundaries. For example, a ticket valid in zones 1 and 2 can be used for travel between any station in those zones, but cannot be used to travel to zone 3 or beyond. The outside boundary is formed by the railway stations at Wolverhampton, Bloxwich North, Blake Street, Coventry, Dorridge, Earlswood, Longbridge, Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town, inclusively.

Stations

Birmingham New Street lies at the hub of the West Midland rail network.

The following table lists the name of each station, along with the year it first opened, the metropolitan district in which the station lies, and the zone in which it is situated. Midland Metro tram stops are not listed, except for locations which have an interchange with rail services. The table also shows the train operators who currently serve each station, and the final two columns give information on the number of passengers using each station in recent years, as collated by the Office of Rail Regulation, a Government body. The figures are based on ticket sales, and are given to the nearest 100.

Station	Year opened	Metropolitan borough[c]	Zone	Served by	Station users 2014-15	Station users 2015-16
Acocks Green	1852	Birmingham	3	Chiltern Railways London Midland	427,500	450,100
Adderley Park	1860	Birmingham	2	London Midland	59,200	73,300
Aston	1854	Birmingham	2	London Midland	489,500	533,300
Berkswell	1884	Solihull	5	London Midland	264,500	295,000
Bescot Stadium	1847	Sandwell	4	London Midland	136,400	156,000
Birmingham International	1976	Solihull	5	Arriva Trains Wales CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	5,128,800	5,772,800
Birmingham Moor Street	1909	Birmingham	1	Chiltern Railways London Midland	6,521,300	6,874,200
Birmingham New Street	1851	Birmingham	1	Arriva Trains Wales CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	35,312,800	39,077,000
Birmingham Snow Hill	1852[d]	Birmingham	1	Chiltern Railways London Midland Midland Metro	4,538,100	4,713,200
Blake Street	1884	Birmingham	5	London Midland	344,000	378,000
Bloxwich	1989	Walsall	5	London Midland	40,200	43,800
Bloxwich North	1990	Walsall	5	London Midland	41,000	46,800
Bordesley	1855	Birmingham	2	London Midland	11,600	13,400
Bournville	1876	Birmingham	3	London Midland	1,034,200	1,106,300
Butlers Lane	1957	Birmingham	5	London Midland	206,600	221,600
Canley	1940	Coventry	5	London Midland	274,300	327,600
Chester Road	1863	Birmingham	3	London Midland	815,600	882,000
Coseley	1852[e]	Dudley	5	London Midland	411,600	454,100
Coventry	1838	Coventry	5	CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	6,252,900	6,921,400
Cradley Heath	1863	Sandwell	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	740,800	772,700
Dorridge	1852	Solihull	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	654,700	700,300
Duddeston	1837	Birmingham	2	London Midland	188,600	217,600
Dudley Port	1852[f]	Sandwell	4	London Midland	421,400	458,000
Earlswood[a]	1908	Solihull	5	London Midland	36,200	35,600
Erdington	1862	Birmingham	3	London Midland	826,400	884,000
Five Ways	1885[g]	Birmingham	1	London Midland	1,452,700	1,585,900
Four Oaks	1884	Birmingham	5	London Midland	640,300	700,500
Gravelly Hill	1862	Birmingham	2	London Midland	684,500	736,000
Hall Green	1908	Birmingham	3	London Midland	385,300	413,000
Hampton-in-Arden	1837[h]	Solihull	5	London Midland	125,400	144,700
Hamstead	1862	Birmingham	3	London Midland	256,000	281,800
Jewellery Quarter	1995	Birmingham	1	Chiltern Railways London Midland Midland Metro	392,500	427,200
Kings Norton	1849	Birmingham	3	London Midland	1,145,800	1,236,500
Langley Green	1885	Sandwell	3	Chiltern Railways London Midland	169,900	181,000
Lea Hall	1939	Birmingham	3	London Midland	486,900	536,400
Longbridge	1978[i]	Birmingham	4	London Midland	832,000	919,200
Lye	1863	Dudley	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	82,100	90,400
Marston Green	1844	Solihull	4	London Midland	621,700	698,000
Northfield	1870	Birmingham	4	London Midland	777,400	845,300
Old Hill	1866	Sandwell	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	185,400	189,500
Olton	1869	Solihull	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	424,700	460,800
Perry Barr	1837	Birmingham	2	London Midland	683,600	635,100
Rowley Regis	1867	Sandwell	3	Chiltern Railways London Midland	921,100	1,015,500
Sandwell and Dudley	1852	Sandwell	4	London Midland Virgin Trains	831,800	909,000
Selly Oak	1876	Birmingham	2	London Midland	2,432,600	2,670,900
7,200	1908	Solihull	4	London Midland	329,500	357,200
Small Heath	1863	Birmingham	2	Chiltern Railways London Midland	116,600	128,300
Smethwick Galton Bridge	1995	Sandwell	2	Arriva Trains Wales Chiltern Railways London Midland	577,200	639,600
Smethwick Rolfe Street	1852	Sandwell	2	London Midland	407,400	454,200
Solihull	1852	Solihull	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	1,742,000	1,833,900
Spring Road	1908	Birmingham	3	London Midland	160,800	163,000
Stechford	1844	Birmingham	3	London Midland	388,800	431,900
Stourbridge Junction	1852	Dudley	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	1,323,800	1,434,300
Stourbridge Town	1879[j]	Dudley	5	London Midland	497,700	545,700
Sutton Coldfield	1862[k]	Birmingham	4	London Midland	1,475,400	1,572,700
Tame Bridge Parkway	1990	Sandwell	4	London Midland	534,600	578,200
The Hawthorns	1931[l]	Sandwell	2	Chiltern Railways London Midland Midland Metro	422,800	439,900
Tile Hill	1864	Coventry	5	London Midland	543,900	629,200
Tipton	1852	Sandwell	5	London Midland	287,200	320,200
Tyseley	1906	Birmingham	2	Chiltern Railways London Midland	202,100	209,400
University	1978	Birmingham	2	CrossCountry London Midland	2,977,200	3,205,500
Walsall	1849[m]	Walsall	4	London Midland	1,303,200	1,404,500
Whitlocks End	1936	Solihull	4	London Midland	135,900	143,200
Widney Manor	1899	Solihull	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	354,500	373,600
Witton	1876	Birmingham	2	London Midland	262,600	296,300
Wolverhampton	1852[n]	Wolverhampton	5	Arriva Trains Wales CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	4,495,900	4,746,300
Wylde Green	1862	Birmingham	4	London Midland	536,800	585,800
Wythall[a]	1908	Bromsgrove	5	London Midland	52,000	55,000
Yardley Wood	1908	Birmingham	3	London Midland	397,300	428,300

See also

• List of closed railway stations in the West Midlands
• List of railway stations in Merseyside
• List of railway stations in Manchester
• List of railway stations in Wales
• List of railway stations in Worcestershire
• List of closed railway stations in Britain
• List of closed railway stations in London
• List of London Underground stations
• List of London railway stations

Footnotes

^a Wythall is in Worcestershire, and Earlswood lies on the border between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, however they are within zone 5 of the Network West Midlands area.

^b Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is the operating arm of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority (WMPTA) which sets policies and budgets for the executive. The WMPTA is a political body, made up of a number of councillors appointed from the seven West Midlands metropolitan borough councils.

^c

Numbered map of the seven metropolitan district councils
1: Wolverhampton
2: Dudley
3: Walsall
4: Sandwell
5: Birmingham
6: Solihull
7: Coventry

^d Birmingham Snow Hill was closed to passengers from 1972 to 1987.

^e Coseley was closed in 1902, and rebuilt approximately 400 metres away from its original site.

^f Two years previously, in 1850, a station was built nearby by the South Staffordshire line. When the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway built their station, they became known as Dudley Port Low Level, and Dudley Port High Level respectively. When the earlier station was closed to passengers in 1964, the High Level suffix was dropped from the surviving station.

^g Five Ways was closed to passengers from 1944 to 1978.

^h Hampton-in-Arden was closed in 1884, and rebuilt approximately 400 metres away from its original site.

ⁱ The present Longbridge is the second station to bear the name - the original stood some distance away on the now-closed branch to Halesowen from 1915 to 1964.

^j Stourbridge Town was closed to passengers from 1915 to 1919.

^k Built by the London and North Western Railway, the station is the only survivor of the three stations that once served the town. Both Sutton Town and Sutton Park stations were opened in 1879 by the Midland Railway, and closed in 1924 and 1965 respectively.

^l The Hawthorns was closed to passengers from 1968 to 1995.

^m Two years earlier, in 1847, a temporary station had been built at Bridgeman Place.

ⁿ In 1854 a second station was opened at Wolverhampton by the Great Western Railway. This became known as Wolverhampton Low Level, whilst the earlier London and North Western Railway station became known as Wolverhampton High Level. Wolverhampton Low Level was closed to passengers in 1972 and fully in 1981. The High Level station (now known as just Wolverhampton) remains open.

External links

• Centro
• National Rail Enquiries