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 Cradley Heath 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Cradley Heath had 539,490 entries and exits, making it the 737th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
737/2575
It ranked 434th busiest (out of 997), with 772 scheduled services per week.
434/997
That's a daily average of 1478.05 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 13.44 passengers per service, giving it the 739th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
739/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 129,306
Reduced price entries & exits: 240,036
Season ticket entries & exits: 170,148
Total entries & exits: 539,490
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +71,746 : 15.34%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down137498
Up137498133m to SJ50 signal
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
195Birmingham - Stourbridge - Kidderminster - WorcesterOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +341,374 (+172.31%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Cradley Heath
CRS: CRA / NLC: 4639 / TIPLOC(S): CRADLYH
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 393928 285728
Constituency: Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Local Authority: Sandwell
NR Region: West Midlands
PTE: West Midlands
ELR: GSJ2 138m 67ch
This station is part of the West Midlands PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Cradley Heath during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham Moor Street (103,487 journeys)
•Birmingham Snow Hill (62,782 journeys)
•Worcester Foregate Street (9,320 journeys)
•Kidderminster (9,028 journeys)
•Hagley (7,589 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Cradley Heath's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Lye (West Midlands)1.25
Old Hill1.43