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The platforms were lengthened in the 1990s to allow longer trains to call. This is because Blakedown is within the Birmingham commuter band and over the twenty years between 1998 - 2018 usage of the station has increased by 147%. Currently there is a proposal to develop a car park on an adjacent
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Since August 2012 the signalling system has been altered, with the former signal box having been closed and control of the nearby crossing and signals transferred to the
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has run an off-peak service every 30 minutes each way, with off-peak trains terminating at Kidderminster westbound, and eastbound services running alternately to
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Mondays to Saturdays. There is a two-hourly service from the station each way on Sundays, with through trains to and from Worcester.
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called at Hagley. Therefore, Blakedown commuters could change there for a service to London.
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The station is unstaffed, with only a basic shelter on each platform. There is a
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immediately to the west of the platforms, and in the absence of a
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this is also the only method for passengers to cross the tracks.
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Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Blakedown station
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Chiltern re-times trains to retain extra midweek peak capacity
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at peak periods, with a nighttime service running to
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field site to cater for further anticipated growth.
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National Rail

Blakedown
Wyre Forest
Grid reference
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Network Rail
West Midlands Trains
DfT category
Office of Rail and Road
English
Blakedown
Worcestershire
level crossing
footbridge
subway
Saltley Rail Operating Centre
West Midlands Railway
Stratford-upon-Avon
Whitlocks End
Worcester Foregate Street
Worcester Shrub Hill
Dorridge
Leamington Spa
Chiltern Railways
Kidderminster
London Marylebone
Blakedown station car park options
Worcestershire County Council
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