The station was opened by the Stourbridge Railway on it's line from Stourbridge Junction to Old Hill, it later became part of the Great Western Railway line to Birmingham Snow Hill. The station had a goods yard and a number of private sidings. All these have now gone including a signalbox which closed in 1973 [1]. Nowadays the station is unstaffed with no station buildings apart from the usual bus shelters. Access to the platforms is via ramps from street level.
The station nowadays has a half-hourly service most days operated by West Midlands Railway, who also manage the station. There are also a small number of services to the station operated by Chiltern Railways. Lye shares the distinction of having the shortest station name with the likes of Ash, Ayr and Ely.
WMR 172 341 arrives
Waiting to depart
Waiting to depart
Station sign
Platform shelter
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Worcester to Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2007) Fig. 67
