Rowley Regis railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in the West Midlands, England}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Rowley Regis

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = RowleyRegis2023.jpg

| caption = The platforms at Rowley Regis in 2023

| borough = Rowley Regis, Sandwell

| country = England

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SO980866|25|SO980866}}

| manager = West Midlands Trains

| platforms = 2

| code = ROW

| zone = 3

| classification = DfT category E

| transit_authority = Transport for West Midlands

| opened = 1867

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 1.234 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.287 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.649 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.763 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.886 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 13

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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.

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 Goods facilities were withdrawn on 1 July 1963.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 {{rws|Kidderminster}} and Birmingham Snow Hill via {{rws|Stourbridge Junction}}. 2tph of these continue beyond Kidderminster to Worcester Foregate Street with some continuing to {{rws|Worcester Shrub Hill}}. Services continue beyond Birmingham to Whitlocks End (1tph), Stratford-upon-Avon (2tph), with 1tph via {{rws|Solihull}} and {{rws|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Rowley%20Regis&crs=ROW|title=Train timetables and schedules {{!}} Rowley Regis|website=West Midlands Railway}}{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3840/download?inline|title=Train times {{!}} Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon {{!}} 21 May until 9 December 2023|website=West Midlands Railway}}

There is also 1 morning train to/from London Marylebone, and 3 evening trains to Stourbridge Junction only operated by Chiltern Railways.{{cite web|url=https://timetables.chilternrailways.co.uk/#/timetables/2087/Table%202|title=Timetable - 21 May 2023 - December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham|website=Chiltern Railways}} This ran to/from {{rws|Kidderminster}} from September 2002 to May 2023.[https://web.archive.org/web/20230521082406/https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7682652.mp-at-launch-of-london-train/ MP at launch of London train] Worcester News 30 September 2002[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-65484737 Passengers advised new train timetables imminent] BBC News 5 May 2023Balancing enhancements with efficiency Modern Railways issue 896 May 2023 page 63Chiltern re-times trains to retain extra midweek peak capacity Rail issue 983 17 May 2023 page 10