List of railway stations in the West Midlands explained

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), formerly known as Centro. Transport within the West Midlands is subsidised by TfWM, who since 2006 have used the brand name Network West Midlands to demonstrate the 'joined-up' nature of the regions bus and rail networks.[1] [2]

The West Midlands rail network is divided into five zones, centred on Birmingham city centre.[3] 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,,,,,,, and, inclusively.[4]

Stations

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. West Midlands Metro tram stops are not listed, except for locations which have an interchange with rail services.[5] The table also shows the train operating companies who currently serve each station, and the final three columns give information on the number of passengers using each station in recent years, as collated by the Office of Rail and Road, a government body. The figures are based on ticket sales.[6]

StationYear
opened		Metropolitan
borough		Zone[7] Served by[8] Station users
2019-20		Station users
2021-22		Station users
2022-23
Acocks Green1852[9] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains0.551 million0.272 million0.305 million
Adderley Park1860[10] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains0.114 million74,2560.120 million
Aston1854[11] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains0.683 million0.388 million0.555 million
Berkswell1884[12] Solihull5West Midlands Trains0.334 million0.162 million0.222 million
Bescot Stadium1847[13] Sandwell4West Midlands Trains0.172 million90,1640.134 million
Birmingham International1976[14] Solihull5Avanti West Coast
CrossCountry
Transport for Wales
West Midlands Trains		6.520 million2.411 million4.185 million
Birmingham Moor Street1909[15] Birmingham1Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		7.274 million4.384 million5.526 million
Birmingham New Street1851[16] Birmingham1Avanti West Coast
CrossCountry
Transport for Wales
West Midlands Metro
West Midlands Trains		46.511 million22.683 million30.726 million
Birmingham Snow Hill1852[17] Birmingham1Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Metro
West Midlands Trains		5.620 million2.311 million2.718 million
Blake Street1884[18] Birmingham5West Midlands Trains0.427 million0.199 million0.264 million
Bloxwich1989[19] Walsall5West Midlands Trains55,01460,32475,046
Bloxwich North1990Walsall5West Midlands Trains55,87859,52677,770
Bordesley1855[20] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains24,18010,0389,088
Bournville1876[21] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains1.319 million0.511 million0.702 million
Butlers Lane1957[22] Birmingham5West Midlands Trains0.246 million0.116 million0.142 million
Canley1940[23] Coventry5West Midlands Trains0.370 million0.258 million0.364 million
Chester Road1863[24] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains1.050 million0.390 million0.489 million
Coseley1852[25] Dudley5West Midlands Trains0.551 million0.374 million0.516 million
Coventry1838[26] Coventry5Avanti West Coast
CrossCountry
West Midlands Trains		7.877 million4.636 million5.977 million
Coventry Arena2016[27] Coventry5West Midlands Trains0.122 million68,1340.108 million
Cradley Heath1863[28] Sandwell5Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.872 million0.468 million0.539 million
Dorridge1852[29] Solihull5Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.814 million0.465 million0.575 million
Duddeston1837[30] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains0.408 million0.242 million0.385 million
Dudley Port1852[31] Sandwell4West Midlands Trains0.525 million0.247 million0.316 million
Earlswood1908[32] Solihull5West Midlands Trains31,51222,24624,804
Erdington1862[33] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains1.030 million0.329 million0.397 million
Five Ways1885[34] Birmingham1West Midlands Trains2.497 million1.171 million1.459 million
Four Oaks1884[35] Birmingham5West Midlands Trains0.805 million0.377 million0.498 million
Gravelly Hill1862[36] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains0.912 million0.279 million0.357 million
Hall Green1908[37] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains0.497 million0.218 million0.262 million
Hampton-in-Arden1837[38] Solihull5West Midlands Trains0.182 million93,6600.131 million
Hamstead1862[39] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains0.313 million0.150 million0.178 million
Jewellery Quarter1995[40] Birmingham1Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Metro
West Midlands Trains		0.539 million0.284 million0.321 million
Kings Norton1849[41] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains1.512 million0.537 million0.676 million
Langley Green1885[42] Sandwell3Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.223 million0.108 million0.121 million
Lea Hall1939[43] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains0.652 million0.260 million0.338 million
Longbridge1978[44] Birmingham4West Midlands Trains1.029 million0.525 million0.686 million
Lye1863[45] Dudley5Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		102,50049,79262,188
Marston Green1844[46] Solihull4West Midlands Trains0.847 million0.444 million0.576 million
Northfield1870[47] Birmingham4West Midlands Trains0.981 million0.392 million0.489 million
Old Hill1866[48] Sandwell4Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.211 million97,8640.108 million
Olton1869[49] Solihull4Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.564 million0.285 million0.343 million
Perry Barr1837[50] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains0.648 million30,3620.139 million
Rowley Regis1867[51] Sandwell3Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		1.234 million0.649 million0.763 million
Sandwell & Dudley1852[52] Sandwell4Avanti West Coast
Transport for Wales
West Midlands Trains		1.052 million0.605 million0.807 million
Selly Oak1876[53] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains3.274 million1.590 million1.995 million
Shirley1908[54] Solihull4West Midlands Trains0.411 million0.210 million0.247 million
Small Heath1863[55] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains0.204 million0.121 million0.144 million
Smethwick Galton Bridge1995[56] Sandwell2Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.869 million0.500 million0.660 million
Smethwick Rolfe Street1852[57] Sandwell2West Midlands Trains0.638 million0.292 million0.402 million
Solihull1852[58] Solihull4Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		2.033 million1.038 million1.341 million
Spring Road1908[59] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains0.194 million0.107 million0.121 million
Stechford1844[60] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains0.541 million0.234 million0.314 million
Stourbridge Junction1852[61] Dudley5Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		1.631 million0.900 million1.093 million
Stourbridge Town1879[62] Dudley5West Midlands Trains0.559 million0.264 million0.295 million
Sutton Coldfield1862[63] Birmingham4West Midlands Trains1.720 million0.645 million0.805 million
Tame Bridge Parkway1990[64] Sandwell4West Midlands Trains0.665 million0.353 million0.505 million
The Hawthorns1931[65] Sandwell2Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Metro
West Midlands Trains		0.509 million0.225 million0.266 million
Tile Hill1864Coventry5West Midlands Trains0.679 million0.326 million0.428 million
Tipton1852[66] Sandwell5West Midlands Trains0.364 million0.220 million0.297 million
Tyseley1906[67] Birmingham2Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.295 million0.124 million0.148 million
University1978[68] Birmingham2CrossCountry
West Midlands Trains		3.975 million1.961 million2.633 million
Walsall1849[69] Walsall4West Midlands Trains1.517 million0.804 million0.971 million
Whitlocks End1936[70] Solihull4West Midlands Trains0.174 million0.118 million0.147 million
Widney Manor1899[71] Solihull4Chiltern Railways
West Midlands Trains		0.465 million0.177 million0.241 million
Witton1876[72] Birmingham2West Midlands Trains0.328 million0.169 million0.191 million
Wolverhampton1852[73] Wolverhampton5Avanti West Coast
CrossCountry
Transport for Wales
West Midlands Metro
West Midlands Trains		5.123 million3.453 million4.446 million
Wylde Green1862[74] Birmingham4West Midlands Trains0.668 million0.302 million0.389 million
Wythall1908[75] Bromsgrove5West Midlands Trains68,71246,34851,570
Yardley Wood1908[76] Birmingham3West Midlands Trains0.533 million0.255 million0.302 million

See also

Footnotes

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.[3]

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.[77]

Birmingham Snow Hill was closed to passengers from 1972 to 1987.[17]

Coseley was closed in 1902, and rebuilt approximately 400 metres away from its original site.[25]

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.[31] [78]

Five Ways was closed to passengers from 1944 to 1978.[34]

Hampton-in-Arden was closed in 1884, and rebuilt approximately 400 metres away from its original site.[38]

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.[44] [79]

Stourbridge Town was closed to passengers from 1915 to 1919.[62]

Built by the London & 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.[63] [80] [81]

The Hawthorns was closed to passengers from 1968 to 1995.[65]

Two years earlier, in 1847, a temporary station had been built at Bridgeman Place.[69]

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 & 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.[73] [82]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walsall first for new look public transport info. Centro news online. 28 January 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080210034557/http://centro.journalistpresslounge.com/centro/news/index.cfm/fuseaction/details/id/281DBF62-13D3-97AA-2DB8FE5C365BEDF5/cnt/1/ref/main/type/News%20releases/ses/1.cfm. 10 February 2008.
  2. Web site: About NWM . Network West Midlands . 23 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080103120047/http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/AboutNWM.html . 3 January 2008 . dead .
  3. Web site: Interactive rail map . Network West Midlands . 23 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080122081535/http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/train/Network%20Map.asp . 22 January 2008 . dead .
  4. Web site: rover tickets : midlands. The Junction. 11 September 2008.
  5. Web site: Metro Line One map . Network West Midlands . 25 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071226050621/http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/Metro/tram%20map.html . 26 December 2007 . dead .
  6. Web site: Estimates of station usage . Office of Rail and Road . 1 January 2017.
  7. Web site: West Midland rail zones . Network West Midlands . 23 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080119231144/http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/train/Rail%20Zones.html . 19 January 2008 . dead .
  8. Web site: Route map . Chiltern Railways . 23 January 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517123032/http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/plan-your-journey/our-route/ . 17 May 2008 .
    • Web site: Route map. London Midland. 23 January 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080509162517/http://www.londonmidland.com/app/webroot/files/cache/FINAL%20LM%20MAP%20FOR%20TIMETABLE.pdf. 9 May 2008.
    • Web site: Route map. CrossCountry Trains. 23 January 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717124147/http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/PDF/RouteMap/CrossCountry-Route-Map.pdf/. 17 July 2011.
    • Web site: Route map. Virgin Trains. 23 January 2008.
    • Web site: Route map. Arriva Trains Wales. 23 January 2008.
  9. Web site: Acocks Green station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  10. Web site: Adderley Park station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  11. Web site: Aston station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  12. Web site: Parishes – Berkswell. British History Online. 23 January 2008.
  13. Web site: Bescot Stadium station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  14. Web site: Birmingham International station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  15. Web site: Birmingham Moor Street station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  16. Web site: Birmingham New Street station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  17. Web site: Birmingham Snow Hill station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  18. Web site: Blake Street station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  19. Book: Boynton, John. A Century of Railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands Volume Three 1973-1999. 0-9522248-6-0.
  20. Web site: Bordesley station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  21. Web site: Bourneville station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  22. Web site: Butlers Lane station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  23. Web site: Canley Halt. Warwickshire Railways. 23 January 2008.
  24. Web site: Chester Road station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  25. Web site: Coseley station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  26. Web site: Coventry railway station, Eaton Road. Coventry Now & Then. 23 January 2008.
  27. Web site: Ricoh Arenarailway station opening date announced. Coventry Telegraph. 1 January 2017.
  28. Web site: Cradley Heath station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  29. Web site: Dorridge station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  30. Web site: Duddeston station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  31. Web site: Dudley Port station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  32. Web site: Earlswood station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  33. Web site: Erdington station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  34. Web site: Five Ways station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  35. Web site: Four Oaks station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  36. Web site: Gravelly Hill station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  37. Web site: Hall Green station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  38. Web site: Hampton-in-Arden station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  39. Web site: Hamstead station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  40. Web site: Jewellery Quarter station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  41. Web site: Kings Norton station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  42. Web site: Langley Green station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  43. Web site: Lea Hall station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  44. Web site: Longbridge station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  45. Web site: Lye station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  46. Web site: Marston Green station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  47. Web site: Northfield station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  48. Web site: Old Hill station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  49. Web site: Olton station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  50. Web site: Perry Barr station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  51. Web site: Rowley Regis station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  52. Web site: Sandwell & Dudley station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  53. Web site: Selly Oak station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  54. Web site: Shirley station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  55. Web site: Small Heath station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  56. Web site: Smethwick Galton Bridge station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  57. Web site: Smethwick Rolfe Street station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  58. Web site: Solihull station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  59. Web site: Spring Road station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  60. Web site: Stechford station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  61. Web site: Stourbridge Junction station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  62. Web site: Stourbridge Town station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  63. Web site: Sutton Coldfield station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  64. Web site: Tame Bridge Parkway station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  65. Web site: The Hawthorns station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  66. Web site: Tipton station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  67. Web site: Tyseley station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  68. Web site: University station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  69. Web site: History of Walsall's train station. Walsall.gov.uk. 23 January 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060926033205/http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/history_of_walsall_s_train_station.htm. 26 September 2006.
  70. Web site: Whitlocks End station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  71. Web site: Widney Manor station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  72. Web site: Witton station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  73. Web site: Wolverhampton station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  74. Web site: Wylde Green station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  75. Web site: Wythall station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  76. Web site: Yardley Wood station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  77. Web site: About WMPTA . WMPTA . 28 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071111235610/http://www.centro.org.uk/source/WMPTA/usrWMPTAbout.asp?hdWhichMenu=ABOUT . 11 November 2007 . dead .
  78. Web site: Dudley Port Low Level station. Rail Around Birmingham. 26 January 2008.
  79. Web site: Longbridge station (Halesowen Railway). Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.
  80. Web site: Sutton Town station. Rail Around Birmingham. 26 January 2008.
  81. Web site: Sutton Park station. Rail Around Birmingham. 26 January 2008.
  82. Web site: Wolverhampton (Low Level) station. Rail Around Birmingham. 23 January 2008.

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