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Stourbridge Junction is one of two railway stations serving the town of Stourbridge, in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England.It lies on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line and is the junction for the Stourbridge Town Branch Line, said to be the shortest operational branch line in Europe.
Passenger journeys on the West Midlands rail franchise from 2010–11 to 2018–19 [6]. In April 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the shortlist of bidders for the West Midlands franchise, comprising the incumbent operator Govia, MTR Corporation, and West Midlands Trains: a consortium of Abellio (70%), JR East (15%) and Mitsui & Co (15%).
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]
The West Midlands rail network is divided into five zones, centred on Birmingham city centre. [3] This is mainly for the purpose of defining season ticket boundaries. For example, a ticket valid in zones 1 and 2 can be used for travel between any station in those zones, but cannot be used to travel to zone 3 or beyond.
In 1884, the line was extended north to Lichfield, and after the grouping of railway companies in 1923, it came under the control of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station was the location of the Sutton Coldfield train disaster on 23 January 1955 when an express from York to Bristol travelling at excessive speed derailed.
The Snow Hill Lines is the collective name for the railway lines running through Birmingham Snow Hill, and Birmingham Moor Street stations in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [1] [2] They form an important part of the suburban rail network of Birmingham, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
The current station, on Tessall Lane, was built to the designs of the architect John Broome [4] and opened in 1978 under the auspices of British Rail, as part of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive's Cross-City Line scheme. It was built as a simple two platform station on the four-track line, with a turnback siding just south of the ...
The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. Barnt Green station is at the point of a Y-shaped junction between the main line towards Bromsgrove, Worcester and the south-east, and the branch line to Redditch which is part of the Cross-City Line. It has platforms on both lines, until 2018 only the Redditch line ...