Sandwell & Dudley is a railway station serving Sandwell and Dudley, in the West Midlands, England. It lies 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 .
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.Intelligence Railway Gazette International issue May 1983 page 314110 mph for Class 87s Rail Enthusiast issue 33 June 1984 page 6 The station's name is somewhat misleading, as the station is not in the immediate vicinity of Dudley, with as the nearest.
Services The station is served by three train operating companies, with the following general off-peak services in trains per hour/day (tph/tpd):
Avanti West Coast: 1 tph to , via 1 tp2h to , via 1 tp2h to , via Wigan North Western.
West Midlands Railway 2 tph to 2 tph to , via Birmingham New Street.
Transport for Wales: 1 tph to 1 tp2h to and , via ; the service divides at 1 tp2h to .
References
External links
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Sandwell and Dudley station Station plan