Rowley Regis railway station

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.

Rowley Regis
Location
Place	Rowley Regis
Local authority	Sandwell
Grid reference	SO980866
Operations
Station code	ROW
Managed by	West Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.921 million
2015/16	1.016 million
2016/17	1.060 million
2017/18	1.121 million
2018/19	1.215 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Transport for West Midlands
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1867 (1867)
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Rowley Regis from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The 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 Goods facilities were withdrawn on 1 July 1963.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

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are six trains per hour in each direction, operated by West Midlands Railway, between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stourbridge Junction. Many of these continue beyond Stourbridge to Kidderminster, Worcester Foregate Street or Great Malvern, and beyond Birmingham to Whitlocks End, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dorridge or Leamington Spa. During the evenings and on Sundays, there are typically two trains per hour.[1]

There are also five trains per day in both directions during peak periods to/from London Marylebone, provided by Chiltern Railways.

References

1. Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 82-84. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.

External links

• 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			Following station
Langley Green		West Midlands Railway Leamington-Worcester		Old Hill
Langley Green		Chiltern Railways London-Kidderminster		Old Hill