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General information | |
Location | Bloxwich, Walsall England |
Grid reference | SJ993022 |
Managed by | West Midlands Railway |
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | BLX |
Fare zone | 5 |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
Key dates | |
1 February 1858 [1] | Opened |
10 August 1964 | Closed to Goods |
18 January 1965 [1] | Closed to Passengers |
17 April 1989 | Reopened on new site |
Passengers | |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Bloxwich railway station serves Bloxwich,in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall,West Midlands,England. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by West Midlands Railway.
The present station opened in 1989,as part of the first stage of the reopening of the Chase Line from Walsall to Hednesford to passenger trains under British Rail. An earlier Bloxwich station existed a few hundred yards to the south,just north of the site of the former level crossing and Bloxwich Signal Box (which in April 2011 still retained its London Midland Region of British Railways white-on-maroon enamel sign). That station closed to passengers on 18 January 1965 and to goods on 10 August 1964.
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Bloxwich North | West Midlands Railway Rugeley - Walsall - Birmingham Chase Line | Walsall | ||
West Midlands Railway Rugeley - Walsall - Birmingham - Wolverhampton Limited service |
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