Old Hill railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Old Hill
Old Hill
General information
Location	Old Hill, Sandwell; England
Grid reference	SO962858
Managed by	West Midlands Trains
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	OHL
Fare zone	4
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1866
Passengers
2019/20	0.211 million
2020/21	45,680
2021/22	97,864
2022/23	0.108 million
2023/24	0.135 million
Location
Location
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Old Hill High Street Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bumble Hole Line		Terminus
Terminus		Great Western Railway and Midland Railway Halesowen Railway		Coombes Holloway Halt Line and station closed

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, westbound to Worcester Foregate Street via Birmingham Snow Hill and eastbound to Dorridge and Stratford-upon-Avon. During the evenings, services run alternately via Whitlocks End and via Dorridge, with some services running to Worcester Shrub Hill.

On Sundays, trains are hourly between Stourbridge Junction and Dorridge.^[1]

Chiltern Railways only operate one service per weekday from this station, the 21:02 London Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction, which departs from Old Hill at 23:38 on Mondays to Fridays only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rowley Regis		West Midlands Railway Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line		Cradley Heath
Rowley Regis		Chiltern Railways London-Birmingham-Stourbridge Mondays to Fridays only		Cradley Heath