Place Langley Green Station code LGG DfT category E Opened 1 May 1885 | Grid reference SO997883 Managed by London Midland 2011/12 161,496 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Oldbury B69 4LZ, United Kingdom Pte Transport for West Midlands Similar Old Hill railway station, The Hawthorns station, Smethwick Galton Bridge rai, Stourbridge Junction railway st, Smethwick Rolfe Street rail | ||
Langley Green railway station serves the Langley Green area of Oldbury in Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line. The station is managed by London Midland, 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 on their line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction. There was also a Great Western Railway branch from here to Oldbury, a large town to the north. The Oldbury branch closed to passengers on 3 March 1915; and the remains of this line and 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 closure the sparse service to Snow Hill terminated at Langley Green, with Kidderminster services diverted into Birmingham New Street. This continued until 1995 when the line through Snow Hill to Birmingham Moor Street was restored. Some Hereford & 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 or Whitlocks End. Most daytime trains on both routes trains continue through to Stratford-upon-Avon since the winter 2013 timetable change. Most local services are run by Class 172 Diesel Multiple Unit currently, with the Chiltern Railways services ran by either Class 165 or 168 DMUs.
There are additional services at peak times, though Chiltern Railways services to/from London Marylebone no longer call.