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General information | |
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Location | Lye, Dudley England |
Grid reference | SO922846 |
Managed by | West Midlands Trains |
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | LYE |
Fare zone | 5 |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 1863 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 104,232 |
2019/20 | 102,500 |
2020/21 | 19,838 |
2021/22 | 49,792 |
2022/23 | 62,188 |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Lye railway station serves the Lye area of Stourbridge,in the West Midlands of England. The station is managed by West Midlands Trains,who provide the majority of train services;Chiltern Railways also operate a small number of trains. It is situated on the Birmingham-Stourbridge line.
Lye station was opened in 1863 by the Stourbridge Railway,on their line from Stourbridge Junction to Old Hill. This was later taken over by the Great Western Railway,who incorporated it into their line to Birmingham.
Lye railway station has the joint-shortest name (Lye) in the United Kingdom.
The ticket office is no longer open,however there are ticket machines on the station platform. [1]
The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service is a West Midlands Railway train every 30 minutes. Services run between Worcester Foregate Street or Worcester Shrub Hill via Stourbridge Junction and Birmingham Snow Hill with 1 train per hour extending to Stratford-upon-Avon. Trains run via or terminate at Dorridge,some services run to Leamington Spa or Whitlocks End in the weekday evenings. On Sundays,trains are hourly. [2] [3]
There are additional services at peak times,including one Chiltern Railways service to Stourbridge Junction at weekday nighttime only,from London Marylebone. There is no return service from Lye. [4]
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Cradley Heath | West Midlands Railway Leamington-Worcester | Stourbridge Junction | ||
Cradley Heath | Chiltern Railways London-Stourbridge Junction Limited service | Stourbridge Junction |
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