Old Hill railway station

The station, which opened in 1866, was historically part of the Great Western Railway, and was at the junction of the line from Birmingham to Stourbridge Junction with lines to Dudley and via Halesowen to Longbridge. The two latter lines have long since been closed. The original station buildings have also been removed.

Because it was a junction station, the platforms were staggered, with the Birmingham-bound platform offset by a short distance.

A further junction in the Stourbridge direction allowed trains to traverse the Bumble Hole Line, which ran to Dudley. That line closed in 1964.

To the east of the current station were private railway sidings serving Palmer Timber's Yard, which have long been removed.

The original timber station buildings were badly damaged by fire on 13 September 1967, and that prompted the modernisation of station, with the new building opening on 22 May 1968. The station footbridge was moved to different location from that of the original one, which was towards the Stourbridge end of the platform.

With rationalising of signalling, the signal box that served Old Hill was demolished in 1973.

The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service is every 30 minutes, between Stourbridge Junction and Stratford-upon-Avon via Birmingham Snow Hill. During the daytime, services run alternately via Whitlocks End and via Dorridge; in the evenings the frequency remains unchanged but one service runs between Dorridge and Kidderminster.

On Sundays, trains are hourly.[1]

Chiltern Railways only operate one service per weekday from this station, the 21:10 Marylebone to Stourbridge Junction, which departs from Old Hill at 23:36 on Mondays to Fridays only.[1]

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Stourbridge to Wolverhampton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 44-50. ISBN 9781906008161. OCLC 261924375.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 77-81. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.

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• Train times and station information for Old Hill railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Old Hill station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rowley Regis		West Midlands Railway Leamington-Worcester		Cradley Heath
Rowley Regis		Chiltern Railways London-Kidderminster		Cradley Heath
	Disused railways
Old Hill High Street Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bumble Hole Line		Terminus
Terminus		Great Western Railway and Midland Railway Halesowen Railway		Coombs Holloway Halt Line and station closed