Dudley Port railway station
Dudley Port (Higher Level) 
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| Location | |
| Place | Tipton |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Coordinates | 52°31′30″N 2°02′56″W / 52.525°N 2.049°WCoordinates: 52°31′30″N 2°02′56″W / 52.525°N 2.049°W |
| Grid reference | SO967918 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DDP |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.383 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.367 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.419 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.421 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.458 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 4 |
| History | |
| Original company | Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 July 1852 | Station opened as Dudley Port (High Level) |
| c. 1964 | Renamed Dudley Port |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dudley Port (Higher Level) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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| Dudley Port (Low Level) | |
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A picture of Dudley port station's lower level in 2001. The diagonal brick structure on the right is a former stairway.
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| Location | |
| Place | Tipton |
| Area | Sandwell |
| Coordinates | 52°30′04″N 1°58′52″W / 52.501°N 1.981°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | South Staffordshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 April 1850 | Opened as Dudley Port railway station |
| 1964 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Dudley Port railway station is located in the Tipton area of the borough of Sandwell, near the boundary with the town of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England. It lies on the Stour Valley Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. Services operated by Virgin Trains, CrossCountry and Arriva Trains Wales regularly pass the station but do not stop there.
The station opened in 1852. The line had passenger usage until about the early 1880s, when it began to slump at several stations, leading to the line becoming a largely freight only operation in 1887. It would remain open for goods traffic, which was considerable at this time, as the district had become highly industrialised in the then heyday of the Black Country's industrial past.
As the local industry declined and road transport became more common, the station entered a post-World War II decline.
Despite the name, and being located just 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north-east of the town centre of Dudley (which has not had its own railway station since 1964), Dudley Port station is not actually situated within the boundaries of the Borough of Dudley, but rather in the adjacent Sandwell borough. The name Dudley Port emerged during the 19th century, due to the extensive number of warehouses and wharves emerging around the Birmingham Canal to serve industries in Dudley. The area initially became known as Dudley's Port, before the title Dudley Port was adopted.
Dudley Port Station was originally known as Dudley Port High Level Station, as a Low Level Station was situated on the South Staffordshire line from Dudley to Walsall, which passes beneath.
High Level was dropped from the station's name when the Low Level station closed in 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe.
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