Lye railway station

Lye
Location
Place	Lye
Local authority	Dudley
Grid reference	SO922846
Operations
Station code	LYE
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	27,511
2005/06	30,546
2006/07	40,387
2007/08	46,413
2008/09	0.105 million
2009/10	0.103 million
2010/11	0.105 million
2011/12	0.087 million
2012/13	82,488
2013/14	82,662
2014/15	82,104
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
Key dates	Opened 1863 (1863)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lye from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Lye railway station serves the Lye area of Stourbridge, in the West Midlands of England. The station is managed by London Midland, 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.

London Midland are proposing the closure of the ticket office.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service is a train every 30 minutes between Stourbridge Junction, Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon. Trains run alternately via Whitlocks End and via Dorridge, though the latter service is curtailed at Dorridge in the evenings. On Sundays, trains are hourly.

There are additional services at peak times, including occasional Chiltern Railways services to London Marylebone.

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		London Midland Leamington-Worcester		Stourbridge Junction
Cradley Heath		Chiltern Railways London-Kidderminster		Stourbridge Junction