Bloxwich railway station
Bloxwich  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bloxwich, Walsall England | ||||
| Grid reference | SJ993022 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BLX[1] | ||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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| 1 February 1858[2] | Opened | ||||
| 10 August 1964 | Closed to Goods | ||||
| 18 January 1965[2] | Closed to Passengers | ||||
| 17 April 1989 | Reopened on new site | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  14,794 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  60,324 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 75,046 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 102,284 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 114,166 | ||||
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Bloxwich railway station serves Bloxwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway. It is situated between Bloxwich North and Walsall, 2 miles 32 chains (3.9 km) from Ryecroft Junction, just east of Walsall.[3]
History
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The present station opened on 17 April 1989,[4] as part of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to Hednesford to passenger trains under British Rail.
An earlier Bloxwich station existed a few hundred yards to the south, just north of the site of the former level crossing and Bloxwich Signal Box. It opened on 1 February 1858 and closed to passengers on 18 January 1965.[4]
The line was electrified by December 2018,[5] with electric trains running from May 2019.[6]
Passenger volume
[edit]| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 17,278 | 16,080 | 16,317 | 21,129 | 24,003 | 38,490 | 42,602 | 42,726 | 39,170 | 41,808 | 43,540 | 40,184 | 43,728 | 49,672 | 44,198 | 49,186 | 55,014 | 14,794 | 60,324 | 75,046 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
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The station is currently served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Chase Line" services,[8][9] operated using Class 730 Electric multiple units (EMUs).[10]
Usual off-peak services at Bloxwich follow a pattern such as the one below:
Mondays to Saturdays:
- 2 trains per hour northbound to Rugeley Trent Valley via Hednesford, departing from Platform 2.
- 2 trains per hour southbound to Birmingham International via Walsall and Birmingham New Street, departing from Platform 1.
Sundays:
- 1 train per hour northbound to Rugeley Trent Valley.
- 1 train per hour southbound to Birmingham International.
Journey times are typically 9 minutes to Walsall and 31 minutes to Birmingham New Street,[11] where connections to Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe are available, although a small number of trains (2 per day on weekdays) start/terminate at Hednesford.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Bloxwich North | West Midlands Railway Rugeley - Walsall - Birmingham Chase Line |
Walsall | ||
| West Midlands Railway Birmingham - Wolverhampton Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line Limited service |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- 1 2 Birmingham & West Midlands Railway Atlas By Joe Brown
- ↑ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 136. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
- 1 2 Quick 2023, p. 89.
- ↑ "Electric trains to run on Walsall-Rugeley line from May after successful railway upgrade". Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ↑ "More carriages promised on line after electric upgrade". 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ↑ "Birmingham - Rugeley Trent Valley Timetable from Sunday 18 May 2025". West Midlands Railway.
- ↑ "Train timetables and schedules | Bloxwich". West Midlands Railway.
- ↑ "Class 730 fleet". West Midlands Railway.
- ↑ "Timetable from Sunday 21 May 2023 - Rugeley to Birmingham New Street via Walsall". West Midlands Railway. 21 May 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- Quick, Michael (2023). Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). London: Railway and Canal Historical Society.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Bloxwich railway station from National Rail
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