Lye railway station serves the town of Lye in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains, who provide the majority of train services; Chiltern Railways also operate a small number of trains. It is situated on the Birmingham-Stourbridge line.
History Lye station was opened in 1863 by the Stourbridge Railway, on their line from Stourbridge Junction to . This was later taken over by the Great Western Railway, who incorporated it into their line to Birmingham.
Lye railway station has the joint-shortest railway station name in the United Kingdom.
The ticket office is no longer open, however there are ticket machines on the station platform.
Services The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service is a West Midlands Railway train every 30 minutes. Services run between or via and with 1 train per hour extending to . Trains run via or terminate at , some services run to or in the weekday evenings. On Sundays, trains are hourly.
There are additional services at peak times, including one Chiltern Railways service to Stourbridge Junction at weekday nighttime only, from London Marylebone. There is no return service from Lye.
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Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Lye station