Sandwell & Dudley railway station
Railway station in the West Midlands, England
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Sandwell & Dudley is a railway station serving Sandwell and Dudley, in the West Midlands, England. It lies on the Birmingham Loop of the West Coast Main Line. The station is located in the Oldbury area of Sandwell.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Oldbury, Sandwell, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52.508637°N 2.011776°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SO992900 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | SAD | ||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
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| 1852 | Opened as Oldbury | ||||
| 1984 | Rebuilt and renamed Sandwell & Dudley | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.221 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.605 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.807 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.878 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1.006 million | ||||
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History
It was originally opened as Oldbury in 1852 and was one of two stations in the town. The more centrally located Great Western Railway (GWR) Oldbury station was located on the site of the bingo hall opposite the Sainsbury's supermarket and was the only station on the GWR's Oldbury line from Langley Green.
In May 1984, the station was renamed Sandwell & Dudley, having been demolished and rebuilt by British Rail with longer platforms capable of handling long-distance InterCity trains.[1][2] The station's name is somewhat misleading, as the station is not in the immediate vicinity of Dudley, with Dudley Port as the nearest.
Services
The station is served by three train operating companies, with the following general off-peak services in trains per hour/day (tph/tpd):
- 1 tph to London Euston, via Birmingham New Street
- 1 tp2h to Edinburgh Waverley, via Wigan North Western
- 1 tp2h to Glasgow Central, via Wigan North Western.
- 2 tph to Wolverhampton
- 2 tph to Walsall, via Birmingham New Street.
- 1 tph to Birmingham International
- 1 tp2h to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, via Shrewsbury; the service divides at Machynlleth
- 1 tp2h to Holyhead.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Wolverhampton | Avanti West Coast West Coast Main Line |
Birmingham New Street | ||
| Transport for Wales Birmingham–Chester |
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| Transport for Wales Birmingham–Aberystwyth/Pwllheli |
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| Wolverhampton towards |
West Midlands Railway Birmingham–Shrewsbury |
Smethwick Galton Bridge towards | ||
| Dudley Port towards |
West Midlands Railway Wolverhampton–Birmingham–Walsall |
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