Old Hill railway station

Old Hill railway station is in Old Hill, West Midlands, England, on the Birmingham-Stourbridge line. It is managed by West Midlands Trains, who provide the majority of train services; Chiltern Railways also operate a small number.

Old Hill
Location
PlaceOld Hill
Local authoritySandwell
Grid referenceSO962858
Operations
Station codeOHL
Managed byWest Midlands Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.185 million
2015/16 0.189 million
2016/17 0.194 million
2017/18 0.196 million
2018/19 0.214 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTETransport for West Midlands
Zone4
History
Key datesOpened 1866 (1866)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Old Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station, which opened in 1866, was historically part of the Great Western Railway, and was at the junction of the line from Birmingham to Stourbridge Junction with lines to Dudley and via Halesowen to Longbridge. The two latter lines have long since been closed. The original station buildings have also been removed.

Because it was a junction station, the platforms were staggered, with the Birmingham-bound platform offset by a short distance.

A further junction in the Stourbridge direction allowed trains to traverse the Bumble Hole Line, which ran to Dudley. That line closed in 1964.

To the east of the current station were private railway sidings serving Palmer Timber's Yard, which have long been removed.

The original timber station buildings were badly damaged by fire on 13 September 1967, and that prompted the modernisation of station, with the new building opening on 22 May 1968. The station footbridge was moved to different location from that of the original one, which was towards the Stourbridge end of the platform.

With rationalising of signalling, the signal box that served Old Hill was demolished in 1973.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service is every 30 minutes, between Stourbridge Junction and Stratford-upon-Avon via Birmingham Snow Hill. During the daytime, services run alternately via Whitlocks End and via Dorridge; in the evenings the frequency remains unchanged but one service runs between Dorridge and Kidderminster.

On Sundays, trains are hourly.[1]

Chiltern Railways only operate one service per weekday from this station, the 21:10 Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction, which departs from Old Hill at 23:36 on Mondays to Fridays only.[1]

References
  1. Table 71 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 44-50. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 77-81. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Rowley Regis   West Midlands Railway
Leamington-Worcester		   Cradley Heath
Rowley Regis   Chiltern Railways
London-Kidderminster		   Cradley Heath
Disused railways
Old Hill High Street
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Bumble Hole Line		   Terminus
Terminus   Great Western Railway and Midland Railway
Halesowen Railway		   Coombs Holloway Halt
Line and station closed

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