Langley Green is a handy little station for getting into town (if Birmingham's what you call town)…read morequickly from Oldbury. Trains run every half hour during the week and on Saturday towards Snow Hill and Moor Street and take about 15 minutes. The three staff that work there are all pleasant and seem to have good relationships with regular commuters. I personally use this service at least twice a week and an off-peak return to town costs £2.20 (£3.30 peak). The small waiting room is clean and, crucially, is warm in winter time. The only problem is that it's locked when the station is unmanned. Other problems with the station are that trains rarely call there on Sundays and it's impossible to get to from Brum after about 6pm (during the week the last train leaves Snow Hill at 20 past 11). The 120 bus service runs past the station but the stops in both directions are nowhere near the station entrance which makes for poor integration. Finally, if you're approaching the station from the Tat Bank Road end, there is no way to enter the station without walking a fair way past the station building and having to walk back up the car park. Perhaps just a little more thought would make this fairly remote little station a bit more accessible?

This is one of the minor stations on the route between Stourbridge and Snow Hill. Not all services…read morestop here, so it is always worth double-checking timetables befo remaking your journey. The station is handy for those who live or work in Oldbury, though it is still a fair jaunt away from the town centre. There are two platforms, with the waiting room and ticket office located on the Birmingham-bound side. It is a well-maintained, clean and tidy station with parking for 28 vehicles.

Blackheath represent. Did you see the photo I added of the train station? Do you wish you were…read morethere? Well you should. Rowley Regis is my local train station so it's a good job it's so nice to be in. I judge a train station on how quickly my server can get those tickets out the machine, under that little window and into my hand. Rowley staff are insanely fast, they know I'm already late and the trains pulling off and BAM like a magician it's in my hands! and because of this I sometimes make the train.. Thanks guys. In terms of other things, no toilet, no shop. But if you need to pee remember where you are and the grass is always an option. Another good thing is that no matter what time you get there, there's always a metro waiting. No one in Blackheath reads so your always sorted for a bit of metro action.

Rowley Regis is my local station. Trains every 10 minutes to Birmingham and Warwickshire and in the…read moreother direction to Stourbridge with some trains going on to Kidderminster and Worcester. And Surprise Surprise for such a station to the west of Birmingham there are three trains each morning to London with return trains in the evening.

Try and avoid. I get a connecting train here when I visit my parents and it almost feels a derelict…read morestation. Waiting rooms and bathrooms are all locked, nowhere to purchase refreshments, information is a bit all over the place and not a single member of staff is ever around to ask for help. And also, there's waaaaay too many flights of stairs here so leave those suitcases at home!

I've spent more time here than a human ever should. Everyday you can see stranded students here…read moretrying to get back Stourbridge way from Wolverhampton due to some delay or breakdown. This stations layout isn't so bad but it's only when it's truly imprinted into your mind where you need to stand that it's not a problem anymore, I actually rejoice when on a train directly to Birmingham and I can pass right through this station and not get off. The doors to the waiting areas are locked, smashed or filled with enough piss to drown a drunken man. To this day I'm still not sure how many platforms exist on this station. Maybe 3? Plot your route a head of time to avoid delays.

This is my local train station. I pass through it on a daily basis and can report that it…read moreis...err...a non-descript local train station. It is on the Snow Hill-Stourbridge London Midland line and some of the Chiltern Trains to London Marylebone stop here too. The station has a ticket office WITH AN ACTUAL PERSON at most times. There are tickets machines in the lobby for when the office is closed. The waiting areas are alright, though I sometimes want to brush the seat off before I sit down. The best bit is the cool little station shop - they sell newspapers, magazines, sweets and breakfast stuff, like bacon sandwiches, tea and toast.

This place is no Rowley Regis…read more The ticket staff here are so slow sometimes I feel like jumping in front of a train. Once one member of staff stood there looking at me through the glass after I had brought my tickets wondering why I was going crazy. It's because the train is parked up and you have forgotten to pass the tickets under the window!! I missed my train. You are forgiven, but I'll never forget, There's a shop that seems to only open for 20 minuets a morning where you can buy coffee from a 100 year old machine or a freshly made bacon or sausage sandwich. I opt for the energy drinks and chocolate bars to calm my nerves over the slow service. There is a self serve machine but no one likes using them, your in risk of snapping a finger typing in your destination on it. Toilets are where you'd expect a troll to live, even by my very low standards of hygiene. The one nice thing about this station is that when the barriers are up you can walk across the lines. Makes you feel risky and adventurous.

Located between Rowley Regis and Cradley Heath, Old Hill is a fairly unpopular station, with the…read moremajority of trains on the Moor St - Kidderminster line shooting straight past, not stopping at the small station. Two of my best friends jumped on the train at Old Hill, when we attended High School in Hagley, but a lot of the time the train went straight past and stopped at Cradley Heath after Rowley.. Ignoring Old Hill. The station itself is fairly low key, with two platforms and a extremely basic ticket office, Old Hill really isn't one of my favourite train stations, but for a lot of people who know the time table inside out, I'm sure it works out just fine.... With one train on either platform every hour..

Old Hill Station is tucked well away from Old Hill itself. It is hidden practically on an…read moreindustrial estate, nowhere near anywhere remotely useful (for me that is!). It isn't very easy to find. Like many stations on the Moor Street-Kidderminster line, Old Hill is fairly basic. There are two platforms, a small car park and a waiting room/ticket office. Wikipedia reliably informs me that the current ticket office was built in 1968 after the old timber building was destroyed by fire in 1967. Get a load of THAT, fact fans! Platform 2 is reached by crossing a rather rickety bridge. It is a very quiet station and can feel a bit isolated late at night. Trains tend to run every 30 minutes or so, with only selected trains stopping at Old Hill.

Why do I always think this is closer to Broad street than it is. I end up rushing for a train…read morepretty much everytime. Id say to be safe leave 30 mins from the middle of Broad street.......don't let this station catch you out too! The train station itself is actually one of the most basic in town....it has stairs....and platforms but what else do you really need. Take your own snickers and diet coke as you are not getting here. The trains come....they go.....how can it not be A-OK....3*

Depending on where you're going in the City Centre, this Station could well be a better bet than…read morethe main New Street Station if, as I do, you travel along the Lichfield line from North to South. The journey from New Street to 5 Ways on the train can be a bit misleading - after spending several minutes in the tunnels under the city and then trundling along the tracks, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd left the bustle of town, but in actual fact this station is probably an equal walking distance to many of the city's attractions as New Street. If you are visiting Brindley Place, the Ikon Gallery or, Lord help you, Broad Street, then you are probably better off alighting here. Once exiting, look to your left and you'll see 5 Way traffic island a few hundred yards away. Much better than dealing with the insanely busy New Street and environs. The station is pretty tiny - particularly when viewed from the road as only the entrance is visible - and it can get very busy around rush hour as there are several large office buildings nearby, so plan your arrival around that if you don't want to deal with crowds.

The 'Central' makes it sound a lot grander than it is. West Brom Metro stop is pretty reflective…read moreof all the stops on the Metro route - unglamorous, unromantic, just cold and functional. It sits just the other side of the West Bromwich Ringway to the Bus Station and town centre. To reach it, you must either cross the road or walk through an underpass (and who likes doing that these days?) Before the Metro came along, it was at one time a proper railway station with platforms and waiting rooms and so on. Nowadays, it's a couple of strips of concrete with small metal shelters on them and nothing else. A display board on the ramp as you walk towards the bus station tells you what bus you're about to miss. Aesthetics aside, it's the best transport link to Birmingham (roughly 15 minutes journey) and Wolverhampton (25 minutes or so) with trams running at very regular intervals throughout the day. The even run fairly regularly on Sundays.

Situated many miles from the centre of Birmingham in the industrialised area of Smethwick, it's…read moretalking point is that two lines cross here, meaning there's a lot of stairs and a lot of platforms for such an obscure station. If you're travelling from say Worcester to Stourbridge, you will probably be routed via Smethwick Galton Bridge. Trains pass through here on their way to places such as London Marleybone and Dorridge to North Westerly locations such as Chester and Aberystwyth. Though the multitude of platforms and stairs can be a pain, this station will probably much easier to use than one more central to Birmingham if you are based on this side of the city . There's also quite a few buses that stop there. I've passed through there at many odd hours of the day and night and never noticed anything intimidating, and the staff have always been helpful whenever I've had a problem there. Just don't give in to the temptation to run across the tracks, however deserted they may seem and however much effort walking over the bridges can be. A friend of mine made this silly mistake a few years ago. A night in the cells swiftly followed......

Jewellery Quarter Railway Station is mainly used by West Midlands Trains, yet also provides…read moreChiltern services occasionally, it is a really small station being used by under a million people annually. More importantly, it also has West Midlands Metro services providing trams into Wolverhampton and Birmingham, if you're heading into the city centre of Birmingham this is the LAST STOP in the city zone meaning you can go all the way from here to Central Library for just £1.50. The station is a little confusing to navigate, I personally struggled to find the trams platform as the signposting stopped and then the tram platform is basically located in the middle of Platform 2, and with it being an unstaffed station most of the time, that made it a little trickier. I ended up missing one of my trams and came close to boarding the wrong one (Wolverhampton bound rather than Birmingham), it just wasn't clear enough. It does have lifts for both platforms making the station step-free, if you're planning to travel on the train and require disabled access this means you have to prebook and try to signal for the conductor as all trains passing through here have conductors to help assist customers when required to get on and off the train. Pretty basic station, yet still providing railway and tram services from the Jewellery Quarter into the city centre for those who don't fancy the mile or so walk (like me) is pretty handy even if the station is pretty crappy. 2*

Choo choo! Trains come here, sometimes on time, sometimes not. Ticket office seems forever closed,…read morethe ticket machine is usually out of order, and the permit machine switched off. Station needs a good clean, the stairs are filthy. There are lots of stairs, a good workout.