Langley Green railway station serves the
Langley Green area of
Oldbury in
Sandwell
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, in the
West Midlands
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,
England
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. It is located on the
Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line
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. The station is managed by
West Midlands Trains
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, who provide the majority of train services; there are also occasional services provided by
Chiltern Railways
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.
History
The station was opened on 1 May 1885 by the
Great Western Railway
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on their line from
Birmingham Snow Hill to
Stourbridge Junction.
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;
[ 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
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. 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
The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service is every 30 minutes, between Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill, with alternate trains continuing beyond Birmingham to Dorridge
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or Whitlocks End. Most daytime trains on both routes trains continue through to Stratford-upon-Avon
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since the winter 2013 timetable change.[GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14; Table 71 (Network Rail)] Most local services are run by Class 172 Diesel Multiple Unit currently, with the one Chiltern Railways
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Chiltern Railw ...
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
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no longer call. There is one Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Railways, formally The Chiltern Railway Company Limited, is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996. Since 2009, it has been a subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains.
Chiltern Railw ...
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 .
References
Further reading
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External links
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Langley Green station
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Railway stations in Sandwell
DfT Category E stations
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885
Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways
Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains
Oldbury, West Midlands