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Sandwell and Dudley railway station is on the Stour Valley Section of the
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, on the outskirts of
OldburyOldbury is a town in the West Midlands in England. It is a part of the Black Country and the administrative centre of the borough of Sandwell.-Local government:...
town centre on Bromford Lane (the main route towards
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It was originally opened as 'Oldbury' in 1852 and was one of two stations in the town. The more centrally located
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OldburyOldbury was the terminal station on the Great Western Railway's, half mile long, Oldbury branch running from Langley Green railway station.- History :...
was located on the site of the bingo hall opposite the Sainsburys super market and was the only station on the GWR's Oldbury Branch Line from
Langley GreenLangley Green railway station serves the Langley Green area of Oldbury in Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line...
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However, in the 1984 it was rebuilt as a railway station designed to serve the
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s of
SandwellSandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands with a population of around 289,100, and an area of . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath,...
and
DudleyThe Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the towns of Dudley , Stourbridge , Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote, Sedgley and Coseley...
with a new name to suit. It was equipped with longer platforms capable of handling long-distance trains intercity trains.
Services
The station today is operated by
London MidlandLondon Midland is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Legally named London and Birmingham Railway Ltd, it is a subsidiary of Govia, and has operated the West Midlands franchise since 11 November 2007....
on behalf of
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. Services are provided by
Virgin TrainsVirgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland...
and
London MidlandLondon Midland is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. Legally named London and Birmingham Railway Ltd, it is a subsidiary of Govia, and has operated the West Midlands franchise since 11 November 2007....
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Current Services are as follows:
- 2 London Midland stopping services each to Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street, one of which travels onwards to Walsall via Aston
- 2 Virgin Trains services - one to Wolverhampton and the other to London Euston via Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International, Coventry and either Milton Keynes or Watford Junction. Occasionally services will also stop at Rugby.
Both platforms have lifts, making the station fully accessible to people in wheelchairs.
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