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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.

History

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]

Services

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]

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Worcester to Birmingham. Middleton Press. figs. 67-70. ISBN 9781904474975. OCLC 263292710.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cradley Heath		West Midlands Railway Leamington-Worcester		Stourbridge Junction
Cradley Heath		Chiltern Railways London-Stourbridge Junction Limited service		Stourbridge Junction

52°27′36″N 2°06′56″W / 52.46000°N 2.11556°W / 52.46000; -2.11556