List of railway stations in the West Midlands

Map of the West Midlands

This is a list of railway stations within the West Midlands, a metropolitan county in central England which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It includes all railway stations in the West Midlands that currently have regular timetabled train services, as well as certain stations outside the county which are within the area supported by the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE), better known by their corporate name, Centro. Transport within the West Midlands is subsidised by WMPTE, who since 2006 have used the brand name Network West Midlands to demonstrate the 'joined-up' nature of the regions bus and rail networks.

The West Midlands rail network is divided into five zones, centred on Birmingham city centre. This is mainly for the purpose of defining season ticket boundaries. For example, a ticket valid in zones 1 and 2 can be used for travel between any station in those zones, but cannot be used to travel to zone 3 or beyond. The outside boundary is formed by the railway stations at Wolverhampton, Bloxwich North, Blake Street, Coventry, Dorridge, Earlswood, Longbridge, Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town, inclusively.

Stations

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Birmingham New Street lies at the hub of the West Midland rail network.

The following table lists the name of each station, along with the year it first opened, the metropolitan district in which the station lies, and the zone in which it is situated. Midland Metro tram stops are not listed, except for locations which have an interchange with rail services. The table also shows the train operators who currently serve each station, and the final two columns give information on the number of passengers using each station in recent years, as collated by the Office of Rail Regulation, a Government body. The figures are based on ticket sales, and are given to the nearest 100.

Station	Year opened	Metropolitan borough	Zone	Served by	Station users 2006–07	Station users 2007–08
Acocks Green	1852	Birmingham	3	Chiltern Railways London Midland	160,100	161,400
Adderley Park	1860	Birmingham	2	London Midland	19,500	20,400
Aston	1854	Birmingham	2	London Midland	167,700	206,300
Berkswell	1884	Solihull	5	London Midland	112,000	114,100
Bescot Stadium	1847	Sandwell	4	London Midland	55,000	48,200
Birmingham International	1976	Solihull	5	Arriva Trains Wales CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	2,448,200	2,576,100
Birmingham Moor Street	1909	Birmingham	1	Chiltern Railways London Midland	2,680,800	687,400
Birmingham New Street	1851	Birmingham	1	Arriva Trains Wales CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	14,525,900	17,007,200
Birmingham Snow Hill	1852	Birmingham	1	Chiltern Railways London Midland Midland Metro	1,939,000	2,407,300
Blake Street	1884	Birmingham	5	London Midland	175,900	184,000
Bloxwich	1989	Walsall	5	London Midland	21,100	24,000
Bloxwich North	1990	Walsall	5	London Midland	23,800	26,600
Bordesley	1855	Birmingham	2	London Midland	3,700	4,000
Bournville	1876	Birmingham	3	London Midland	405,900	466,900
Butlers Lane	1957	Birmingham	5	London Midland	96,000	103,000
Canley	1940	Coventry	5	London Midland	77,900	90,000
Chester Road	1863	Birmingham	3	London Midland	266,700	296,200
Coseley	1852	Dudley	5	London Midland	117,200	126,600
Coventry	1838	Coventry	5	CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	2,874,900	3,039,500
Cradley Heath	1863	Sandwell	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	242,500	288,300
Dorridge	1852	Solihull	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	300,800	304,500
Duddeston	1837	Birmingham	2	London Midland	55,700	59,900
Dudley Port	1852	Sandwell	4	London Midland	144,300	155,200
Earlswood	1908	Solihull	5	London Midland	38,400	32,400
Erdington	1862	Birmingham	3	London Midland	299,100	336,000
Five Ways	1885	Birmingham	1	London Midland	514,400	563,900
Four Oaks	1884	Birmingham	5	London Midland	251,000	276,600
Gravelly Hill	1862	Birmingham	2	London Midland	199,900	231,400
Hall Green	1908	Birmingham	3	London Midland	143,500	139,400
Hampton-in-Arden	1837	Solihull	5	London Midland	54,900	57,300
Hamstead	1862	Birmingham	3	London Midland	67,100	69,500
Jewellery Quarter	1995	Birmingham	1	Chiltern Railways London Midland Midland Metro	108,700	116,800
Kings Norton	1849	Birmingham	3	London Midland	447,500	481,400
Langley Green	1885	Sandwell	3	Chiltern Railways London Midland	57,900	60,900
Lea Hall	1939	Birmingham	3	London Midland	146,800	141,200
Longbridge	1978	Birmingham	4	London Midland	342,800	373,300
Lye	1863	Dudley	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	40,400	46,400
Marston Green	1844	Solihull	4	London Midland	183,000	182,200
Northfield	1870	Birmingham	4	London Midland	305,800	333,100
Old Hill	1866	Sandwell	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	79,000	83,100
Olton	1869	Solihull	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	140,200	143,100
Perry Barr	1837	Birmingham	2	London Midland	164,100	172,600
Rowley Regis	1867	Sandwell	3	Chiltern Railways London Midland	295,900	325,000
Sandwell and Dudley	1852	Sandwell	4	London Midland Virgin Trains	280,000	314,600
Selly Oak	1876	Birmingham	2	London Midland	1,023,500	1,113,300
Shirley	1908	Solihull	4	London Midland	172,700	164,000
Small Heath	1863	Birmingham	2	Chiltern Railways London Midland	37,200	37,700
Smethwick Galton Bridge	1995	Sandwell	2	Arriva Trains Wales Chiltern Railways London Midland	116,400	130,600
Smethwick Rolfe Street	1852	Sandwell	2	London Midland	113,600	107,100
Solihull	1852	Solihull	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	651,800	662,700
Spring Road	1908	Birmingham	3	London Midland	82,800	77,000
Stechford	1844	Birmingham	3	London Midland	109,200	119,800
Stourbridge Junction	1852	Dudley	5	Chiltern Railways London Midland	444,200	499,600
Stourbridge Town	1879	Dudley	5	London Midland	258,700	278,800
Sutton Coldfield	1862	Birmingham	4	London Midland	578,100	634,300
Tame Bridge Parkway	1990	Sandwell	4	London Midland	177,800	189,700
The Hawthorns	1931	Sandwell	2	Chiltern Railways London Midland Midland Metro	145,700	157,200
Tile Hill	1864	Coventry	5	London Midland	130,700	142,100
Tipton	1852	Sandwell	5	London Midland	124,600	126,800
Tyseley	1906	Birmingham	2	Chiltern Railways London Midland	63,200	66,500
University	1978	Birmingham	2	CrossCountry London Midland	1,190,800	1,250,900
Walsall	1849	Walsall	4	London Midland	583,300	587,000
Whitlocks End	1936	Solihull	4	London Midland	23,500	26,600
Widney Manor	1899	Solihull	4	Chiltern Railways London Midland	119,500	116,900
Witton	1876	Birmingham	2	London Midland	77,400	99,800
Wolverhampton	1852	Wolverhampton	5	Arriva Trains Wales CrossCountry London Midland Virgin Trains	2,400,000	2,510,400
Wylde Green	1862	Birmingham	4	London Midland	223,900	243,800
Wythall	1908	Bromsgrove	5	London Midland	31,400	30,300
Yardley Wood	1908	Birmingham	3	London Midland	161,500	159,700

See also

• List of closed railway stations in the West Midlands
• List of railway stations in Merseyside
• List of railway stations in Manchester
• List of railway stations in Wales
• List of railway stations in Worcestershire
• List of closed railway stations in Britain
• List of closed railway stations in London
• List of London Underground stations
• List of London railway stations

Footnotes

^a Wythall is in Worcestershire, and Earlswood lies on the border between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, however they are within zone 5 of the Network West Midlands area.

^b The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) is the operating arm of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority (WMPTA) which sets policies and budgets for the executive. The WMPTA is a political body, made up of a number of councillors appointed from the seven West Midlands metropolitan borough councils.

^c

Numbered map of the seven metropolitan district councils
1: Wolverhampton
2: Dudley
3: Walsall
4: Sandwell
5: Birmingham
6: Solihull
7: Coventry

^d Birmingham Snow Hill was closed to passengers from 1972 to 1987.

^e Coseley was closed in 1902, and rebuilt approximately 400 metres away from its original site.

^f Two years previously, in 1850, a station was built nearby by the South Staffordshire line. When the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway built their station, they became known as Dudley Port Low Level, and Dudley Port High Level respectively. When the earlier station was closed to passengers in 1964, the High Level suffix was dropped from the surviving station.

^g Five Ways was closed to passengers from 1944 to 1978.

^h Hampton-in-Arden was closed in 1884, and rebuilt approximately 400 metres away from its original site.

ⁱ The present Longbridge is the second station to bear the name - the original stood some distance away on the now-closed branch to Halesowen from 1915 to 1964.

^j Stourbridge Town was closed to passengers from 1915 to 1919.

^k Built by the London and North Western Railway, the station is the only survivor of the three stations that once served the town. Both Sutton Town and Sutton Park stations were opened in 1879 by the Midland Railway, and closed in 1924 and 1965 respectively.

^l The Hawthorns was closed to passengers from 1968 to 1995.

^m Two years earlier, in 1847, a temporary station had been built at Bridgeman Place.

ⁿ In 1854 a second station was opened at Wolverhampton by the Great Western Railway. This became known as Wolverhampton Low Level, whilst the earlier London and North Western Railway station became known as Wolverhampton High Level. Wolverhampton Low Level was closed to passengers in 1972 and fully in 1981. The High Level station (now known as just Wolverhampton) remains open.

External links

• Centro
• National Rail Enquiries