Dudley Port railway station

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Dudley Port
Location
Place	Tipton
Local authority	Sandwell
Operations
Station code	DDP
Managed by	London Midland
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.116 million
2005/06 *	0.131 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	4
History
Key dates	Opened 1852
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 Dudley Port from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Dudley Port railway station is located in the Tipton area of the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

Despite the name, it is not situated in the nearby town of Dudley, which has not had its own railway station since 1964.

Dudley Port Station was originally known as Dudley Port High Level Station, as a Low Level Station was situated on the South Staffordshire line from Dudley to Walsall, which passes beneath.

High Level was dropped from the station's name when the Low Level station closed in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe.

[edit] Services

Dudley Port is served by London Midland's services between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton, which are sponsored by Centro.

During Monday-Saturday daytime, there is a train approximately every half hour, which calls at most stations between Birmingham and Wolverhampton (some trains omit certain stations). On Sundays, there is typically one train per hour, calling at all stations.

Three London Midland Express services call at this station - one is the first service of the day to Liverpool Lime Street, the second is a morning peak service from Stafford to New Street and the third is the final service to Crewe. There is also an evening peak service to Shrewsbury.

There was a Low Level Station on the South Staffordshire line which closed in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe, though the railway remained open to goods trains until 1993. A metro stop will be located on the Low Level Station site when the second phase of the Midland Metro is completed in 2011, running alongside a re-opened single track line for goods trains.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Dudley Port railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Dudley Port station

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