Sandwell & Dudley railway station explained

Sandwell & Dudley
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	Oldbury, Sandwell
Country:	England
Coordinates:	52.5086°N -2.0118°W
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Owned:	Network Rail
Manager:	West Midlands Trains
Platforms:	2
Code:	SAD
Zone:	4
Classification:	DfT category D
Transit Authority:	Transport for West Midlands
Years:	1852
Events:	Opened as Oldbury
Years1:	1984
Events1:	Rebuilt and renamed Sandwell & Dudley
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 (GWR) 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.^[1] ^[2]

Services

The station is operated by West Midlands Trains on behalf of Transport for West Midlands.

As of November 2024, it is served by:

Avanti West Coast

^[3]

1tph southbound to via and
1tph to via and :
- 2 trains per day extend to only, with 1 train every 2 hours running to (7tpd) and 5 trains per day (tpd) running to . Services to Scotland run via . At peak times additional services start/terminate at .

West Midlands Railway

2tph stopping services between and via and .^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Calls on local stopping services to stations between Wolverhampton and were removed in the December 2022 timetable change.^[7]

Transport for Wales

1tp2h to & (train divides at)
1tp2h to via Shrewsbury, and, two evening services instead run to, and, via, respectively.
1tph southbound to .^[8] ^[9]

External links

Notes and References

Intelligence Railway Gazette International issue May 1983 page 314
110 mph for Class 87s Rail Enthusiast issue 33 June 1984 page 6
Web site: Scheduled timetable book for 2 June to 14 December 2024 . Avanti West Coast.
Web site: Train Timetables and Schedules Sandwell & Dudley. West Midlands Railway. 16 May 2023. 16 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151819/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Sandwell%20%26%20Dudley&crs=SAD. live.
Web site: Train times 2 June 2024 until 14 December 2024 Wolverhampton to Birmingham via Smethwick. West Midlands Railway.
Web site: Train times 2 June 2024 until 14 December 2024 Rugeley to Birmingham New Street via Walsall. West Midlands Railway.
Web site: December Timetable Change – what's happening?. Railsmartr. 20 May 2023. 20 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230520220601/https://railsmartr.co.uk/december-timetable-change-2022/. live.
Web site: Train Times 21 May - 9 September 2023 Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Chester. Transport for Wales Rail. 20 May 2023. 1 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601005419/https://tfw.wales/sites/default/files/2023-05/2%20Birmingham%20-%20Shrewsbury%20-%20Chester%20-%20May%202023.pdf. live.
Web site: Cambrian Train Times 21 May - 9 September 2023 Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth-Pwllheli. Transport for Wales Rail. 20 May 2023. 1 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601022238/https://tfw.wales/sites/default/files/2023-05/1%20Cambrian%20-%20May%202023.pdf. live.