Rowley Regis railway station
Railway station in the West Midlands, England
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Rowley Regis railway station serves the towns of Blackheath and Rowley Regis in the county of West Midlands, England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway, who provide the majority of train services; there are also occasional services provided by Chiltern Railways.
England
Rowley Regis  | |||||
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The platforms at Rowley Regis in 2023 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Rowley Regis, Sandwell England | ||||
| Grid reference | SO980866 | ||||
| Manager | West Midlands Trains | ||||
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ROW | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
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| 1867 | Opened as Rowley Regis & Blackheath | ||||
| 1968 | Renamed Rowley Regis | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.287 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.649 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.763 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.886 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1.015 million | ||||
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History
The station was opened in 1867 by the Great Western Railway on their line from Birmingham to Stourbridge Junction and was known as Rowley Regis & Blackheath until 1968. Goods facilities were withdrawn on 1 July 1963.
Services
During Mondays to Saturdays, there are typically trains around every 15 minutes in each direction, operated by West Midlands Railway, between Kidderminster and Birmingham Snow Hill via Stourbridge Junction. 2tph of these continue beyond Kidderminster to Worcester Foregate Street with some continuing to Worcester Shrub Hill. Services continue beyond Birmingham to Whitlocks End (1tph), Stratford-upon-Avon (2tph), with 1tph via Solihull and Dorridge and 1tph via Whitlocks End, and Dorridge (2tph). Two evening services instead continue to Leamington Spa. On Sundays, there are typically two West Midlands Trains services per hour.[1][2]
There is also 1 morning train to/from London Marylebone, and 3 evening trains to Stourbridge Junction only operated by Chiltern Railways.[3] This ran to/from Kidderminster from September 2002 to May 2023.[4][5][6][7]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Langley Green | West Midlands Railway Leamington/Stratford–Birmingham–Worcester |
Old Hill | ||
| Chiltern Railways London–Birmingham–Stourbridge |
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