Rowley Regis railway station serves the town of Blackheath and the Rowley Regis area of Sandwell, 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.
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 The platforms at Rowley Regis in 2023 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Rowley Regis, Sandwell England | ||||
| Grid reference | SO980866 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ROW | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1867 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1.234 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  0.287 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.649 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.763 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.886 million | ||||
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History
editThe 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 Goods facilities were withdrawn on 1 July 1963.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
editDuring 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]
References
edit- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Rowley Regis". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Train times | Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon | 21 May until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Timetable - 21 May 2023 - December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways.
- ^ MP at launch of London train Worcester News 30 September 2002
- ^ Passengers advised new train timetables imminent BBC News 5 May 2023
- ^ Balancing enhancements with efficiency Modern Railways issue 896 May 2023 page 63
- ^ Chiltern re-times trains to retain extra midweek peak capacity Rail issue 983 17 May 2023 page 10
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 82-84. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Rowley Regis railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Rowley Regis station
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Langley Green | West Midlands Railway Leamington/Stratford-Birmingham-Worcester |
Old Hill | ||
| Langley Green | Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham-Stourbridge |
Old Hill | ||