Station code SMR DfT category E Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SP021887 Managed by London Midland 2011/12 0.369 million | |
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Similar Smethwick Galton Bridge rai, The Hawthorns station, Langley Green railway st, Dudley Port railway st, Sandwell and Dudley railway st | ||
Smethwick Rolfe Street is one of two railway stations serving the town of Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line 3ΒΌ miles (5 km) north west of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. The other station serving Smethwick is Smethwick Galton Bridge, which is the next stop up the line.
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History
The station was opened in July 1852 by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, & Stour Valley Railway Company (later absorbed by London and North Western Railway) as part of the Stour Valley Line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. It was rebuilt in its present form in 1890 when two level crossings in the centre of Smethwick were abolished. Drawings of the rebuilt station can be found on the Smethwick Rolfe Street Station gallery page of the Network Rail Corporate Archive.
In 1985, pupils from Parkside Junior School created a mural for Platform 1 under the direction of artist Jeremy Waygood as part of the Birmingham to Wolverhampton Corridor Initiative
Services
The station is served by two trains per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, by the local service between Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street and Walsall via Aston. On Sundays, the service runs hourly between New Street and Wolverhampton only.
These are usually operated by a mixture of Class 323 and Class 350s EMUs but occasional Class 170 DMUs are used.
Arriva Trains Wales and Virgin Trains run through the station but do not stop. Arriva Trains Wales call at the nearby station of Smethwick Galton Bridge en route to Holyhead or Aberystwyth.