Bilbrook railway station

Bilbrook railway station is a station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line serving the village of Bilbrook and part of Codsall in Staffordshire, England. This unstaffed station is a little unusual in that the platforms are staggered either side of a road overbridge. Selective door opening must be used on trains of more than three coaches because of the short platform lengths.

Bilbrook
Location
PlaceBilbrook
Local authoritySouth Staffordshire
Grid referenceSJ875028
Operations
Station codeBBK
Managed byWest Midlands Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.113 million
2015/16 0.118 million
2016/17 0.126 million
2017/18 0.129 million
2018/19 0.134 million
History
Key datesOpened 30 April 1934 (30 April 1934)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bilbrook from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

It was known as Birches and Bilbrook Halt when opened, being renamed to Bilbrook on 6 May 1974.[1]

Services

Bilbrook is typically served Monday to Saturday by one train per hour in each direction between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury via Wolverhampton. These services are operated by West Midlands Trains with some extra trains at peak times on weekdays. Sunday trains operate hourly.[2][3]

References
  1. Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
  2. "'Major' rail changes in timetable overhaul". BBC News. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. O'Brien, Lisa (13 March 2019). "New timetable includes later rail services between Shropshire and West Midlands". The Shropshire Star. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 58-60. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Wolverhampton   Transport for Wales
Birmingham - Chester		   Codsall
Wolverhampton   West Midlands Railway
Wolverhampton/Birmingham-Shrewsbury
Mondays-Saturdays only		   Codsall
Disused railways
Dunstall Park   Great Western Railway
Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury (1854-1968)		   Codsall


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