Langley Green railway station serves the Langley Green area of the town of Oldbury in Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains, who provide the majority of train services; there are also occasional services provided by Chiltern Railways.
Langley Green  | |||||
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 Langley Green railway station in 2010 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Langley Green, Sandwell England | ||||
| Grid reference | SO997883 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LGG | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 May 1885 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.223 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 52,674 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.108 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.121 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.151 million | ||||
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History
editThe station was opened on 1 May 1885 by the Great Western Railway on their line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction.[1][2] There was also a Great Western Railway branch from here to Oldbury, a larger town to the north. The Oldbury branch closed to passengers on 3 March 1915;[2] and until recently a short stub of the disused line remained in situ. Its platforms can still be seen at Langley Green station.
The line from Smethwick West through to Snow Hill closed in 1972. In the run up to the closure the sparse service to Snow Hill terminated at Langley Green, with Kidderminster services diverted into Birmingham New Street. This continued until 1995 when the line through Snow Hill to Birmingham Moor Street was restored. Some Hereford and Worcester to New Street trains continued to run via the Smethwick Jcn - Galton Junction curve until May 2004, but the route today is only used for diversions if the normal route to Snow Hill is closed for engineering work.
Services
editThe typical Monday-Saturday daytime service is every 30 minutes, between Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill, with alternate trains continuing beyond Birmingham to Dorridge or Whitlocks End. Most daytime trains on both routes trains continue through to Stratford-upon-Avon since the winter 2013 timetable change.[3] Most local services are run by Class 172 Diesel Multiple Unit currently, with the one Chiltern Railways service per day that is run by a Class 168 DMU only.
There are additional services at peak times, though Chiltern Railways services to London Marylebone no longer call. There is one Chiltern Railways service that calls at this station on weekdays only. This is the 21:02 from London Marylebone which departs this station at 23:30 for Stourbridge Junction.
References
edit- ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14; Table 71 (Network Rail)
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 85-87, 89. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Langley Green railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Langley Green station
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Smethwick Galton Bridge | West Midlands Railway Stratford-Birmingham-Kidderminster-Worcester |
Rowley Regis | ||
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | Chiltern Railways London-Stourbridge Mondays to Fridays only |
Rowley Regis | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Rood End Station Closed, Line Open |
Great Western Railway Later British Rail |
Rowley Regis | ||
| Oldbury Station and Line closed |
Great Western Railway Later British Rail Oldbury Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Smethwick Rolfe Street | Central Trains Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line |
Rowley Regis | ||