Langley Green railway station

Not to be confused with Langley railway station or Langley Mill railway station.

Langley Green
Langley Green railway station in 2010.
Location
Place	Langley Green
Local authority	Sandwell
Grid reference	SO997883
Operations
Station code	LGG
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	49,109
2005/06	51,566
2006/07	57,938
2007/08	60,891
2008/09	128,590
2009/10	133,946
2010/11	140,016
2011/12	161,496
2012/13	166,854
2013/14	170,504
2014/15	169,866
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1 May 1885 (1 May 1885)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langley Green from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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.

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1885 by the Great Western Railway on their line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction.^[1]^[2] 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;^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

References

↑ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14; Table 71 (Network Rail)

External links

Train times and station information for Langley Green railway station from National Rail
Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Langley Green station

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Smethwick Galton Bridge		London Midland Leamington-Worcester	Rowley Regis
Smethwick Galton Bridge		Chiltern Railways London-Kidderminster	Rowley Regis
	Disused railways
Rood End Station Closed, Line Open		Great Western Railway Later British Rail	Rowley Regis
Oldbury Station and Line closed		Great Western Railway Later British Rail Oldbury Railway	Terminus

Railway stations in the West Midlands county

Open stations

Birmingham	Acocks Green Adderley Park Aston Blake Street Bordesley Bournville Butlers Lane Chester Road Duddeston Erdington Five Ways Four Oaks Gravelly Hill Hall Green Hamstead Jewellery Quarter Kings Norton Lea Hall Longbridge Moor Street New Street Northfield Perry Barr Selly Oak Small Heath Snow Hill Spring Road Stechford Sutton Coldfield Tyseley University Witton Wylde Green Yardley Wood

Coventry	Canley Coventry Coventry Arena Tile Hill

Dudley	Coseley Lye Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Town

Sandwell	Bescot Stadium Cradley Heath Dudley Port Langley Green Old Hill Rowley Regis Sandwell and Dudley Smethwick Galton Bridge Smethwick Rolfe Street Tame Bridge Parkway The Hawthorns Tipton

Solihull	Berkswell Birmingham International Dorridge Earlswood Hampton-in-Arden Marston Green Olton Shirley Solihull Whitlocks End Widney Manor

Walsall	Bloxwich Bloxwich North Walsall

Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton

Outside West Midlands county, but within the Centro area	Wythall

Disused

Birmingham	Bromford Bridge Camp Hill Castle Bromwich Central Goods Church Road Curzon Street Granville Street Hagley Road Handsworth & Smethwick Handsworth Wood Hazelwell Hockley Icknield Port Road Kings Heath Lawley Street Lifford Longbridge (1915-1964) Monument Lane Moseley Penns Rotton Park Road Rubery Saltley Soho & Winson Green Soho Road Somerset Road Sutton Park Sutton Coldfield Town Winson Green

Coventry	Coundon Road Daimler Halt Foleshill Longford and Exhall

Dudley	Baptist End Blowers Green Brettell Lane Brierley Hill Brockmoor Halt Bromley Halt Darby End Dudley Gornal Halt Halesowen Harborne Harts Hill Old Hill High Street Pensnett Halt Round Oak Windmill End

Sandwell	Albion Great Bridge North Great Bridge South Newton Road Oldbury Princes End & Coseley Rood End Smethwick West Soho Spon Lane Swan Village Tipton Five Ways Wednesbury Central Wednesbury Town West Bromwich

Walsall	Aldridge Bentley Brownhills Brownhills Watling Street Darlaston Darlaston James Bridge North Walsall Pelsall Pleck Rushall Short Heath Streetly Walsall Wood Willenhall Bilston Street Willenhall Stafford Street Wood Green

Wolverhampton	Bilston Central Bilston West Bradley and Moxley Bushbury Compton Halt Daisy Bank Dunstall Park Ettingshall Road Heath Town Monmore Green Portobello Priestfield Tettenhall Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton Wednesfield Wolverhampton Low Level

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Coordinates: 52°29′38″N 2°00′18″W / 52.494°N 2.005°W / 52.494; -2.005

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