Station Guide

Welcome to our Station Guide page. Here we have listed the stations that we cover and some services and attractions that are available. We are very fortunate in retaining through services to London Marylebone and Stratford upon Avon ; major tourist attractions that need no further explanation and there is much more within easy reach and accessible on our line:-

Henley in Arden, Hatton Country World, Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley, Birmingham and Midland Museum of Road Transport at Wythall, and country walks too numerous to list here.

As a general guide, buses in the Centro area are usually half hourly or more frequent and those in Worcestershire are most likely hourly at best. We have included links on the site where bus timetables can be viewed or downloaded.

For useful timetable information ring the Traveline number 0870 608 2 608.

As we become aware of new destinations and services we will update the page and mention them in news articles on the site or in the newsletter.

 

STATION

SERVICES AND ATTRACTIONS

  • BIRMINGHAM New Street

Occasional terminus


  • BIRMINGHAM Moor Street

Change here for Hatton (A few through Journeys from Worcestershire) and London Marylebone. Same platforms both ways.

Moor Street is slightly closer to New Street on foot.

Alight here for The Mailbox and Bull Ring.

  • BIRMINGHAM Snow Hill

Terminus for The Metro.

Station entrance a short distance from Colmore Row. Numerous bus services from this point.

Station for Centenary Square, Symphony Hall, Brindley Place and Birmingham Canals .

Station for the "Shakespeare Express" summer steam train to Stratford upon Avon.

Change here for Tyseley home of Birmingham Railway Museum (through trains operate from Stourbridge and stations north of this point).
  • JEWELLERY QUARTER

Visit the Jewellery Quarter working museum .

Change here for Metro services to West Bromwich and Wolverhampton.
  • THE HAWTHORNS

Station for the Hawthorns football ground.

Change here for the Metro to West Bromwich and Wolverhampton.
  • SMETHWICK Galton Bridge

Change here for local trains to Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton.
  • LANGLEY GREEN

Change here for Oldbury and Dudley using bus no. 120.

  • ROWLEY REGIS

Station for Blackheath.

Change here for West Bromwich, Oldbury and Walsall using bus service 404 and 404A.

Change here for bus service 258 serving Saltwells Nature Reserve .

  • OLD HILL

Change here for bus service no. 242A/244 to Dudley or Halesowen.
  • CRADLEY HEATH

Good rail/bus interchange. Change here for Merry Hill Centre using bus service 138/9.

Also for West Bromwich and Walsall - 404A

  • LYE

Change here for Halesowen using bus service 9 and Merry Hill Centre / Russells Hall Hospital / Dudley using bus service no. 276.

  • STOURBRIDGE Junction

Change here for Stourbridge Town.

Change here for Stratford upon Avon when departing from Worcestershire stations. Change here for Merry Hill Centre using bus service 297 weekdays and 297A Sundays.

  • STOURBRIDGE Town

Change here for Himley / Wolverhampton - bus 256, Dudley - 246/ 311, Kinver - 227/ 228, Clent/ Belbroughton/ Bromsgrove - 318.

  • HAGLEY

Alight here for Hagley Hall .

Change here for Halesowen - bus 192

And Clent/ Belbroughton/ Bromsgrove - bus 318.

  • BLAKEDOWN

Not recommended for bus connections.

  • KIDDERMINSTER

Change here for Severn Valley Railway

and buses X3 to Harvington , Bromsgrove and Redditch ,

X3 to Stourport

  • HARTLEBURY

Infrequent service but recommended for the County Museum within reasonable walking distance.

  • DROITWICH SPA

Change here for Bromsgrove. Visit Droitwich Heritage Centre for the history of salt mining.

  • WORCESTER Foregate Street

Change here for Malvern and Hereford .

Visit the Cathedral and The Commandery.

  • WORCESTER Shrub Hill

Change here for Oxford / London Paddington, Cheltenham Gloucester and Bristol.

 



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Suggested Reading

John Boynton, local author and keen supporter of S.L.U.G has written several volumes on railways in the Midlands.

Titles include:-

 

THE OXFORD, WORCESTER

AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY

A CENTURY OF RAILWAYS

(Volumes 1-3)

RAILS THROUGH THE HILLS

MAIN LINE TO METRO

For more information click here

 
 

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