Rowley Regis | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Rowley Regis, Sandwell |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | West Midlands Trains |
Platforms: | 2 |
Code: | ROW |
Zone: | 3 |
Classification: | DfT category E |
Transit Authority: | Transport for West Midlands |
Opened: | 1867 |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Rowley Regis railway station serves the town of Blackheath and the Rowley Regis area of Sandwell, in the county of West Midlands, England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway, who provide the majority of train services; there are also occasional services provided by Chiltern Railways.
The station was opened in 1867 by the Great Western Railway on their line from Birmingham to Stourbridge Junction and was known as Rowley Regis & Blackheath until 1968. Goods facilities were withdrawn on 1 July 1963.
During Mondays to Saturdays, there are typically trains around every 15 minutes in each direction, operated by West Midlands Railway, between and Birmingham Snow Hill via . 2tph of these continue beyond Kidderminster to Worcester Foregate Street with some continuing to . Services continue beyond Birmingham to Whitlocks End (1tph), Stratford-upon-Avon (2tph), with 1tph via and and 1tph via Whitlocks End, and Dorridge (2tph). Two evening services instead continue to Leamington Spa. On Sundays, there are typically two West Midlands Trains services per hour.[1] [2]
There is also 1 morning train to/from London Marylebone, and 3 evening trains to Stourbridge Junction only operated by Chiltern Railways.[3] This ran to/from from September 2002 to May 2023.[4] [5] [6] [7]