Sandwell and Dudley  | |
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| Location | Oldbury, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell England |
| Coordinates | 52°30′31″N 2°00′42″W / 52.508637°N 2.011776°W |
| Grid reference | SO992900 |
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway |
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SAD |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| Classification | DfT category D |
| Key dates | |
| 1852 | Opened as Oldbury and Bromford Lane |
| 1983 | Rebuilt and renamed Sandwell and Dudley |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.909 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.965 million |
| 2017/18 | 1.005 million |
| 2018/19 | 1.071 million |
| 2019/20 |  1.052 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Sandwell and Dudley railway station is on the Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line, on the outskirts of Oldbury town centre on Bromford Lane (the main route towards West Bromwich, West Midlands), England. The name of the station is somewhat misleading; the station is actually located between West Bromwich and Oldbury, and not near Dudley. The nearest station to the town of Dudley is actually Dudley Port.
It was originally opened as 'Oldbury' in 1852 and was one of two stations in the town. The more centrally located Great Western Railway Oldbury was located on the site of the bingo hall opposite the Sainsburys supermarket and was the only station on the GWR's Oldbury Branch Line from Langley Green.
However, in 1984 it was rebuilt and equipped with longer platforms capable of handling long-distance intercity trains.
Services
The station today is operated by West Midlands Railway on behalf of Transport for West Midlands. Services are provided by Avanti West Coast and West Midlands Railway.
Current Services are as follows:
- 2tph West Midlands Railway stopping services each to Wolverhampton and Walsall via Birmingham New Street and Aston.[1]
- 1tph West Midlands Railway services each to Birmingham New Street and to Shrewsbury calling at all stations between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury.[2]
- 1tph Avanti West Coast services - one to either Glasgow Central or Edinburgh Waverley (alternate hours) via Crewe & Preston and the other to London Euston via Birmingham New Street, Birmingham International, Coventry and Milton Keynes Central. At peak times additional services start/terminate at Wolverhampton.[3]
Both platforms have lifts, making the station fully accessible to people in wheelchairs.
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External links
| Preceding station | ){kind=logo} National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Birmingham New Street | Avanti West Coast West Coast Main Line | Wolverhampton | ||
| West Midlands Railway Birmingham-Shrewsbury | ||||
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | West Midlands Railway Wolverhampton-Birmingham/Walsall | Dudley Port | ||
| London Northwestern Railway Birmingham-Liverpool | ||||