Rowley Regis railway station

Rowley Regis railway station serves the towns of Blackheath and Rowley Regis in the county of the West Midlands, England. 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.

Rowley Regis
The platforms at Rowley Regis in 2023
General information
Location	Rowley Regis, Sandwell England
Grid reference	SO980866
Managed by	West Midlands Trains
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ROW
Fare zone	3
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1867
Passengers
2019/20	1.234 million
2020/21	0.287 million
2021/22	0.649 million
2022/23	0.763 million
2023/24	0.886 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened in 1867 by the Great Western Railway on their line from Birmingham 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 Goods facilities were withdrawn on 1 July 1963.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 Kidderminster and Birmingham Snow Hill via Stourbridge Junction. 2tph of these continue beyond Kidderminster to Worcester Foregate Street with some continuing to Worcester Shrub Hill. Services continue beyond Birmingham to Whitlocks End (1tph), Stratford-upon-Avon (2tph), with 1tph via Solihull and Dorridge and 1tph via Whitlocks End, and Dorridge (2tph). Two evening services instead continue to Leamington Spa. On Sundays, there are typically two West Midlands Trains services per hour.^[1][2]

There is also 1 morning train to/from London Marylebone, and 3 evening trains to Stourbridge Junction only operated by Chiltern Railways.^[3] This ran to/from Kidderminster from September 2002 to May 2023.^[4][5][6][7]