RailwayData | Lye (West Midlands) Station
 Lye (West Midlands) 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Lye (West Midlands) had 62,188 entries and exits, making it the 1,856th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1856/2575
It ranked 653rd busiest (out of 997), with 434 scheduled services per week.
653/997
That's a daily average of 170.38 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 2.76 passengers per service, giving it the 1,434th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1434/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 15,734
Reduced price entries & exits: 22,722
Season ticket entries & exits: 23,732
Total entries & exits: 62,188
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +12,396 : 24.90%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1119432
2120436
*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: +32,115 (+106.79%)

Reasons for change:
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Decrease due to improved demand estimation in Centro area (28,000 less journeys in Centro infill compared to what would have been estimated using previous methodology). This suggests substantial underlying growth in practice.
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: Lye (West Midlands)
CRS: LYE / NLC: 4640 / TIPLOC(S): LYEE
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 392220 284674
Constituency: Stourbridge
Local Authority: Dudley
NR Region: West Midlands
PTE: West Midlands
ELR: GSJ2 140m 12ch
This station is part of the West Midlands PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Lye (West Midlands) during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham Moor Street (12,123 journeys)
•Birmingham Snow Hill (5,231 journeys)
•Kidderminster (2,004 journeys)
•Jewellery Quarter (1,473 journeys)
•Smethwick Galton Bridge (993 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Lye (West Midlands)'s neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Cradley Heath1.25
Stourbridge Junction1.34