Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station
Smethwick Rolfe Street 
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| Location | |
| Place | Smethwick |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Coordinates | 52°29′46″N 1°58′16″W / 52.496°N 1.971°WCoordinates: 52°29′46″N 1°58′16″W / 52.496°N 1.971°W |
| Grid reference | SP021887 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SMR |
| 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 |
 0.369 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.361 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.403 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.407 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.454 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 2 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1852 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Smethwick Rolfe Street from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Smethwick Rolfe Street is one of two railway stations serving the town of Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line 3¼ miles (5 km) north west of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland. The other station serving Smethwick is Smethwick Galton Bridge, which is the next stop up the line.
The station was opened in July 1852 by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, & Stour Valley Railway Company (later absorbed by London and North Western Railway) as part of the Stour Valley Line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. It was rebuilt in its present form in 1890 when two level crossings in the centre of Smethwick were abolished. Drawings of the rebuilt station can be found on the Smethwick Rolfe Street Station gallery page of the Network Rail Corporate Archive.
In 1985, pupils from Parkside Junior School created a mural for Platform 1 under the direction of artist Jeremy Waygood as part of the Birmingham to Wolverhampton Corridor Initiative
The station is served by two trains per hour in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, by the local service between Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street and Walsall via Aston. On Sundays, the service runs hourly between New Street and Wolverhampton only.
These are usually operated by a mixture of Class 323 and Class 350s EMUs but occasional Class 170 DMUs are used.
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