Stourbridge Junction railway station

Main article: West Midlands Metro Line 2

Line 2 extension plan- Wednesbury–Brierley Hill (incl. Stourbridge)

Since 2010, plans have existed to reintroduce services on part of the disused Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW) from Stourbridge Junction to Brierley Hill. Services would be operated by similar PPM stock that is used to Stourbridge Town, or the branch route may be expanded, these plans were later paused in place of the West Midlands Metro extension. ^{[25] [26]}

In 2012 the extension of the West Midlands Metro to from Wednesbury to Brierley hill had been given the go ahead. ^{[27] [28]}

Due to funding constraints, it was decided to terminate Line 2 in Brierley Hill, and later Stourbridge, with the first section from Wednesbury to Dudley opening first. In early 2017, work began to clear vegetation and disused track from the former railway line. The line will be completed by 2023. The estimated cost of Line 2 is now £449 million. ^[28]

In 2021, large funding was given to the West Midlands Metro, and the extension to Stourbridge Town Centre & Stourbridge Junction was confirmed to be under development / planning. However, there is no estimated date of construction or completion. Once complete, trams will run on 3 lines to Walsall, Wolverhampton & Digbeth (in Central Birmingham)

Stourbridge depot

On construction, the OWW built a small servicing depot just north of the station on the route to Wolverhampton. The GWR intended to improve this, but were delayed by the outbreak of World War I until 1926, when they built a new standard pattern single roundhouse with coaling/watering and light maintenance facilities, situated 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of the station, just north of the A458 Birmingham Street. The depot was allocated with mainly local service tank engines, such as Prairies and Panniers, with a small allocation of dedicated freight types. The original OWW shed was later used to house railmotors and diesel railcars. With the Beeching Report implemented, both depots closed in July 1966 and were demolished, with the land used for housing. ^[29]

Today the yard to the north of the station is home to a Light Maintenance Depot used by Chiltern Railways. This is used to stable stock for the peak services from Kidderminster, and is occasionally used to stable engineering vehicles. The land at the south end of platform 1 has a shed for the two Class 139 units that serve the Stourbridge Town branch.

References

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3. "Opening of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway" . Worcester Journal. England. 6 May 1852. Retrieved 21 October 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "The new branch railway" . County Express; Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, and Dudley News. England. 4 October 1879. Retrieved 21 October 2022– via British Newspaper Archive.
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17. "Timetable | from 22 May 2023 until 8 December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham". Chiltern Railways.
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27. Flash, Oprah (25 March 2019). "Final step in multi-million pound Dudley Metro plan given the thumbs up". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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29. E.T. Lyons (1972). An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds. Oxford Publishing. p. 142. ISBN   978-0860930198.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 1-11. ISBN   9781906008161. OCLC   261924375.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 49-57. ISBN   9781904474975. OCLC   263292710.

External links

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Stourbridge Junction railway station
• Railways in Worcestershire
• Re-open the Stourbridge-Dudley Line
• S.L.U.G (Stourbridge Line Users Group)
• Twitter account of George The Stourbridge Junction Station Cat

Stourbridge Junction
Stourbridge Junction in 2010.
General information
Location	Stourbridge, Dudley England
Coordinates	52°26′53″N2°08′02″W / 52.448°N 2.134°W / 52.448; -2.134
Grid reference	SO909833
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	SBJ
Fare zone	5
Classification	DfT category D
History
Original company	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 May 1852 (1852-05-01)	First station opened as Stourbridge
1 October 1879	Renamed Stourbridge Junction; line to Stourbridge Town opens
1 October 1901	Station resited
Passengers
2018/19	1.668 million
Interchange	0.509 million

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