Bilbrook railway station

Bilbrook railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Bilbrook in Staffordshire, England. It was known as Birches and Bilbrook Halt when opened, being renamed to Bilbrook on 6 May 1974.^[1]

Bilbrook
General information
Location	Bilbrook, South Staffordshire England
Grid reference	SJ875028
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BBK
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	30 April 1934
Passengers
2019/20	0.124 million
2020/21	19,808
2021/22	79,802
2022/23	102,336
2023/24	0.135 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Services

Bilbrook is typically served by one train per hour in each direction between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury via Wolverhampton which calls at all local stations on the Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line. There is also an additional service in each direction in the morning and evening peak. These services are operated by West Midlands Trains with 1 Transport for Wales service a day Monday-Saturday and 2 a day on Sundays. On Sundays, there is one train every hour in each direction operated by West Midlands Trains which calls at all local stations from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury.^[2] West Midlands Railway operate these services using Class 196 DMUs.^[3]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but there is a ticket machine on platform 1 and covered waiting areas on both platforms.^[4] There is a nearby bus stop with services operated by National Express West Midlands.

References

1. "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. Vol. 120, no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. July 1974. p. 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
2. "Train timetables and schedules | Bilbrook". West Midlands Railway.
3. "Class 196 Fleet | West Midlands Railway".
4. "Bilbrook Train Station | Trains to Bilbrook | West Midlands Railway".

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 58-60. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bilbrook railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wolverhampton		West Midlands Railway Birmingham-Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury		Codsall
		Transport for Wales Birmingham - Wolverhampton - Chester
	Disused railways
Dunstall Park		Great Western Railway Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury (1854-1968)		Codsall

52.624°N 2.186°W / 52.624; -2.186