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{{Short description|Railway station in Tipton, England}}
{{use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Dudley Port
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Dudley Port railway station MMB 15.jpg
| borough             = Dudley Port, [[Tipton]], [[Sandwell]]
| country             = England
| coordinates         = {{coord|52.524693|-2.049987|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SO967918|25|SO967918}}
| manager             = [[West Midlands Railway]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = DDP
| zone                = 4
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E
| transit_authority   = [[Transport for West Midlands]]
| original            = [[Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[London and North Western Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
| years               = {{start date|1852|07|01|df=y}}
| events              = Station opened as ''Dudley Port (High Level)''
| years1              = {{circa|lk=no|1964}}
| events1             = Renamed ''Dudley Port''
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{increase}} 0.544 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.525 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.102 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.247 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.316 million}}

| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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|mapframe-zoom = 13
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'''Dudley Port railway station''' serves the Dudley Port and Great Bridge areas of [[Tipton]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]], Situated on the [[Stour Valley Line]] \ [[Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line]] the station is operated by [[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]].

==Upper Level station==

===History===

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 {{convert|1.6|mi}} 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 [[Metropolitan Borough of Dudley|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tiptoncivicsociety.co.uk/brief-history-of-tipton.php |title=Brief History of Tipton |access-date=16 February 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915100741/http://www.tiptoncivicsociety.co.uk/brief-history-of-tipton.php |archive-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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]].

The upper level was revamped in the mid-1980s and officially re-opened by [[West Midlands County Council|West Midlands County]] councillor Gordon Morgan in 1989.

===Today's usage===
[[File:Dudley Port station plaque.jpg|thumb|left|Plaque commemorating the rebuilding of Dudley Port station's upper level in 1989]]

==== Services ====
Dudley Port is served by [[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]] services between [[Walsall railway station|Walsall]] and [[Wolverhampton railway station|Wolverhampton]], under a franchise agreement with the Department for Transport.

During Monday–Saturday daytime, there is a train every half hour, which calls at all stations between Wolverhampton and Walsall via Birmingham New Street. On Sundays, there is typically one train per hour between Birmingham and Wolverhampton only and a morning peak service to Crewe which calls at all stations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Train Timetables and Schedules {{!}} Dudley Port|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Dudley%20Port&crs=DDP|website=West Midlands Railway|access-date=16 May 2023|archive-date=16 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151632/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Dudley%20Port&crs=DDP|url-status=live}}</ref>

Three main [[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]] express services used to call at this station - the first is a morning peak service from [[Stafford railway station|Stafford]] to New Street, the second evening peak service from [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]] to [[Shrewsbury railway station|Shrewsbury]] and the third was the final service from Birmingham New Street to [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]].{{Clear}}

==Low Level station==
{{Infobox station
| name                = Dudley Port (Low Level)
| status              = Disused
| image               = Dudley port lower level (2).jpg
| caption             = A picture of Dudley port station's lower level in 2001.  The diagonal brick structure on the right is a former stairway.
| borough             = [[Tipton]], [[Sandwell]]
| country             = England
| coordinates         = {{coord|52.501|-1.981|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline}}
| platforms           = 2
| original            = [[South Staffordshire Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[London and North Western Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]]
| years1              = 1 April 1850
| events1             = Opened as '''Dudley Port railway station'''
| years2              = 1964
| events2             = Closed
}}

===History===
There was a Low Level Station on the former [[South Staffordshire Line]] that had opened in 1850, which provided a rail connection from Dudley Port to [[Dudley railway station]]. The line had reasonable 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. It closed in July 1964 as passenger services were phased out along the line due to the [[Beeching Axe]] and the blue brick station building was demolished three years later, although the railway remained open to goods trains until 1993.
[[File:Old freight line to Dudley - geograph.org.uk - 361498.jpg|thumb|The [[South Staffordshire Line]] through Dudley Port Low Level.]]

Just to the north of Dudley Port Low Level was the junction for the connecting line to the GWR Snow Hill Line via Great Bridge. To the south was the junction for the short connecting line to the Stour Valley Line.

===West Midlands Metro===
Phase Two of the [[West Midlands Metro]] is seeing the line reopening between [[Walsall]], Dudley Port railway station, [[Dudley railway station]] and the [[Merry Hill Shopping Centre]] for trams. The closed section of the South Staffordshire Line through [[Dudley]] is under construction and was due to re-open in 2022–2023,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metroalliance.co.uk/projects/wednesbury-to-brierley-hill-extension/|title=Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Extension – Midland Metro Alliance|access-date=27 June 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101094718/https://metroalliance.co.uk/projects/wednesbury-to-brierley-hill-extension/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{update inline|date=January 2024}} as a  [[Midland Metro]] tramway. However due to delays and cost overruns the line is expected to open as far as Dudley by 2025. The section to Brierley Hill will begin construction after the first section is complete. Funding has not yet been secured for the final section to Merry Hill. 
The lower level would open as a [[West Midlands Metro]] stop.

===Reopening===
The [[Midland Metro]] is set to be extended from [[Wednesbury]] to [[Brierley Hill]], with goods trains running alongside it, with the former [[South Staffordshire Line]] being reopened for this use by 2023. A new Midland Metro stop is set to be open on the site of the former Dudley Port Low Level Station. Due to cost issues, it was announced in July 2022 that the Metro will be built in two phases with the section to Dudley opening first with the extension to Brierley Hill and Merry Hill dependent on additional funding.

{{Midland-Metro-Line-Two}}

{{rail start}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Sandwell & Dudley railway station|Sandwell & Dudley]]|next=[[Tipton railway station|Tipton]] |route=[[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]]<br /><small>[[Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line]]</small> |col={{WMT colour}} }}
{{Disused Rail Insert}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Dudley railway station|Dudley]]|next=[[Great Bridge South railway station|Great Bridge South]]|route=[[Great Western Railway]]<br /><small>[[Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line|Birmingham Snow Hill–Dudley Branch (1866-1964)]]</small>|col={{GWR colour}}}}
{{rail line|previous=[[Dudley railway station|Dudley]]|next=[[Great Bridge North railway station|Great Bridge North]]|route=[[South Staffordshire Railway]]<br /><small>Later [[London and North Western Railway|LNWR]], then [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]], finally [[British Rail|BR]]</small><br /><small>[[South Staffordshire Line|South Staffs Line (1850-1964)]]</small> |col={{LNWR colour}} }}
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Dudley Port railway station}}
*{{stn art lnk|DDP|DY48RB}}
*[http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/dudley_port_high.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Dudley Port station]
*[http://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/some-south-staffordshire-railway-byways/ Some South Staffordshire Railway Byways – The Darlaston Branch]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120131215934/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Wednesbury/Transport.htm A History of Wednesbury]
*[http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/dudley_port_low.php Dudley Port Low Level Station]

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