Trains to Stourbridge Junction - Station Details and further Information on Stourbridge Junction Train Services
Stourbridge Junction train station is a train station on the Birmingham, Worcester and Kidderminster Line in West Midlands, England. Stourbridge Town Branch Line runs from the station to Stourbridge town centre. Until 1974, the station was in Worcestershire. The nearest train stations are Hagley, Stourbridge Town and Lye.
From Stourbridge Junction, the main trains in service are Centro/London Midland Class 150 DMU units which are supplemented by Class 153 units. They usually run to Birmingham Snow Hill via the Black Country stations and Smethwick Galton Bridge, to Worcester Shrub Hill or Great Malvern and to Stratford, Shirley, or Dorridge
Chiltern Railways also provide a peak time service to London Marylebone, commencing at Kidderminster and running via Birmingham Snow Hill. Despite local opposition, trains no longer run from Stourbridge to Birmingham New Street. Trains operating from the Junction to Stourbridge Town are currently being replaced by a bus, but will eventually be run by Class 139 units.
Charter trains can often be seen either stopped or routed through the station on weekends, since Stourbridge Junction is on the route to Kidderminster, where a lot of tours operate from or to. Two CrossCountry services - one early morning and one late evening - are timetabled to route through, but not call at, Stourbridge Junction. These start and terminate from New Street. The station also sees frequent expresses pass through when the Lickey Incline is closed. |
