Rowley Regis railway station serves the towns of Blackheath and

Rowley Regis Rowley Regis ( ) is a town and former municipal borough in Sandwell in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It forms part of the area immediately west of Birmingham known as the Black Country and encompasses the fou ...

in the county of the West Midlands,

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

. 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 Chiltern Railways (legal name The Chiltern Railway Company Limited) is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996. Since 2009, it has been a subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains. Chiltern Rail ...

History

The station was opened in 1867 by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...

on their line from

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

to Stourbridge Junction and was known as Rowley Regis & Blackheath until 1968. Goods facilities were withdrawn on 1 July 1963.

Services

During Mondays to Saturdays, there are typically trains around every 15 minutes in each direction, operated by West Midlands Railway, between and Birmingham Snow Hill via . 2tph of these continue beyond

Kidderminster Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester, England, Worcester. Located north of the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour and east of the River Severn, in th ...

to Worcester Foregate Street with some continuing to . Services continue beyond Birmingham to Whitlocks End (1tph),

Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon ( ), commonly known as Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon (district), Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of Engl ...

(2tph), with 1tph via and and 1tph via Whitlocks End, and Dorridge (2tph). Two evening services instead continue to

Leamington Spa Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or simply LeamingtonEven more colloquially, also referred to as Lem or Leam (). (), is a spa town and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. Originally a small village called Leamington Pri ...

. On Sundays, there are typically two West Midlands Trains services per hour. There is also 1 morning train to/from

London Marylebone Marylebone station ( ) is a London station group, Central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the Marylebone area of the City of Westminster. On the National Rail network, it is also known as London Marylebone a ...

, and 3 evening trains to Stourbridge Junction only operated by

. This ran to/from from September 2002 to May 2023.Chiltern re-times trains to retain extra midweek peak capacity '' Rail'' issue 983 17 May 2023 page 10

References

External links

Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Rowley Regis station
{{coord, 52.477, N, 2.031, W, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Railway stations in Sandwell DfT Category E stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways Railway stations served by West Midlands Trains Rowley Regis

History

Services

References

Further reading

External links