Trains at Sandwell and Dudley 3/03/24

A great afternoon spent here at Sandwell and Dudley on the west coast mainline where services are seen by London Northwestern Railway Avanti west coast and Cross county.

A thank you to the Nice Friendly Avanti west coast 390 driver for giving me a horn which was unexpected lol.

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Sandwell and Dudley station is on the Birmingham Loop of the west coast mainline on the outskirts of oldbury. The name of the station is somewhat misleading; the station is actually located between oldbury and West Bromwich and not near Dudley The nearest station to the town of Dudley is Dudley Port.

It was originally opened as oldbury in 1852 and was one of the two stations in the town. The more centrally located Great Western Railway oldbury station was located on the site of the bingo hall opposite the sainsbury supermarket and was the only station on the GWR oldbury Line from Langley Green.

In May 1984, the station was renamed Sandwell and Dudley having been demolished and rebuilt by British rail with Longer platforms capable of handling long distance intercity trains like Virgin Trains before being renamed to Avanti west coast.