Bloxwich railway station

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Bloxwich National Rail
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Location
Place Bloxwich
Local authority Walsall
Grid reference SJ993022
Operations
Station code BLX
Managed by London Midland
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 42,726
2011/12 Decrease 39,114
2012/13 Increase 41,808
2013/14 Increase 43,540
2014/15 Decrease 40,184
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Midlands
Zone 5
History
Key dates Opened 1989 (1989)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bloxwich from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bloxwich railway station serves the large village of Bloxwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

History

The present station opened in 1989, as part of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to Hednesford to passenger trains under British Rail. An earlier Bloxwich station existed a few hundred yards to the south, just north of the level crossing and adjacent to the existing Bloxwich Signal Box (which in April 2011 retained its London Midland Region of British Railways white-on-maroon enamel sign). That station closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 and to goods on 10 August 1964.

Services

Typically, Monday to Saturday daytimes, Bloxwich is served by one train per hour in each direction between Birmingham New Street and Rugeley Trent Valley where connections to Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe are available, although a small number of trains (2 per day on weekdays) start/terminate at Hednesford. Services are usually operated by Class 170 diesel trains. During the morning and evening peak, trains to Walsall and Birmingham run at an increased 30 minute frequency. Journey times are typically 7 minutes to Walsall and 31 minutes to Birmingham New Street.

File:Bloxwich railway station.jpg
The original LNWR station closed in 1965

External links

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