DUDLEY was once a hive of railway activity in the West Midlands, with its ex-GWR lines to Stourbridge Junction, Old Hill, Wolverhampton Low Level and Birmingham Snow Hill, plus the ex-South Staffordshire Railway (LMS) line to Walsall and Lichfield. It was essentially two stations in one, with these two ‘Big Four’ companies (and their predecessors) each having an island platform with its own booking office at footbridge level.
Despite being well used, passenger services were gradually withdrawn in