Blakedown railway station

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Blakedown

Location

Place

Blakedown

Local authority

Wyre Forest

Operations

Station code

BKD

Managed by

London Midland

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

28,311

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

Centro

Zone

History

1852
?

?

Opened as Churchill
Renamed Churchill and Blakedown
Renamed to current name

National Rail - UK railway stations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blakedown from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Blakedown railway station serves the English village of Blakedown, Worcestershire. It was opened (as Churchill station) in 1852, and was later known as Churchill & Blakedown before adopting its current name (the signal box still uses the old name).

The station is unstaffed, with only a basic shelter on each platform. There is a level crossing immediately to the west of the platforms, and in the absence of a footbridge or subway this is also the only method for passengers to cross the tracks.

The platforms were lengthened in the 1990s to allow longer trains to call (see image- the hollow space and the white fence mark the extension). This is because Blakedown is within the Birmingham commuter band and usage increased.

Almost all trains serving Blakedown are operated by London Midland. As of the summer 2006 timetable, the only other operator's train to stop at the station is a single Chiltern Railways Kidderminster-London service which calls in the morning rush hour.