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News and Comment
The latest news from SLUG plus a full archive of news items since 2009
Consultations
SLUG responses to rail industry and local authority consultations
Campaigns
The current SLUG campaigns to improve services along the Stourbridge line
Publications
Back issues of SLUG magazines
Gallery
Photo galleries and videos related to the Stourbridge line

Timetables
Current and historic rail and bus timetables for Stourbridge line services
Stations
Information about each station along the line including bus and train times
Walsall Line
The latest reopening news and recent photographs taken along the line from Wednesbury to Stourbridge Junction
External Links
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Latest News

6 May 2021

The Stourbridge Line User Group is hosting a Public Meeting via Zoom on 11 May at 7.30 p.m.  Full details may be read in the News and Comment section.

26 April 2021

West Midlands Railway has announced an improved timetable for the Stourbridge line from 16 May.  Full details may be read in the News and Comment section.

6 December 2020

The Office of Road and Rail has published the annual station usage estimates for the year ending March 2020.  Figures for each Stourbridge line station have been published under "Station Information" on the appropriate station page.

16 October 2020

Stourbridge Junction has narrowly missed out on being named the station of the year in a poll organised by the Rail Delivery Group.  Full details may be read in the News and Comment section.

7 August 2020

Improvement works will shortly take place at Hartlebury.  The programme of works will include the extension of both platforms to accommodate the new four-car Class 196 trains, as well as the refurbishment of existing platforms.  The work is scheduled for completion in February 2021.

23 July 2020

The first of the new Class 196 units was out on the Stourbridge line today when it made its first ever test run from Tyseley to Hereford and back.

7 June 2020

The new station building at Kidderminster has been opened.
Full details may be read in the News and Comment section.

23 May 2020

The 10 successful projects from the bids submitted in the first round under the Restore Your railways scheme have been announced by the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps.  A scheme submitted by PMOL for a light rail link between Stourbridge Junction and Brierley Hill was not among the 10 successful bids but PMOL has been asked to provide further details to a subsequent round.
The Membership Secretary
Stourbridge Line User Group
46 Sandringham Road
Wordsley
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 5HL


Site Last Updated on 6 May 2021
(News and Comment)
The Membership Secretary
Stourbridge Line User Group
46 Sandringham Road
Wordsley
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 5HL

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