WMR 172 336 arrives with a Birmingham bound service
Information
Type:
National Rail (Snow Hill Lines)
Station code:
BKD
Opened:
1852
Platforms:
2
Blakedown was opened in 1852 by the Great Western Railway as Churchill (Churchill is the name of an adjacent village and the neighbouring parish, Blakedown village was transferred to the parish in 1888). The name was later changed to Churchill & Blakedown before finally being changed to just Blakedown. The now disused signal box next to the level crossing still carries the old name. The station had a small goods yard which was closed in 1965 [1].
Blakedown is a simple unstaffed halt with just a couple of bus shelters on the platforms which have replaced the original wooden and brick buildings. The platforms were lengthened in 1994. Access between the two platforms is via the level crossing. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway.
Looking towards the level crossing
The level crossing
The signal box
View up the platform
A WMR service departs for Kidderminster
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Worcester to Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2007) Fig. 42
