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Every train station across Black Country, Staffordshire and Wyre Forest ranked best to worst according to number of cancellations

The best and worst train stations in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Wyre Forest according to the number of cancellations have been named.

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Rail passengers in England are being shown how often trains are cancelled and delayed at individual stations for the first time.

Data revealing how often trains are cancelled and delayed at individual stations, produced and released by regulator the Office of Rail and Road, is now available for more than 1,700 stations across the country. 

Also available online, digital screens at major stations are now displaying the statistics, too. 

The screens also provide information on work operators and Network Rail are doing in their area to improve performance, with train reliability across Britain at a record low and the equivalent of more than one in 25 services cancelled in the year to February 1.

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said the policy heralds “a new era of rail accountability”. 

She said: “These displays are a step towards rebuilding trust with passengers using our railways, as we continue to tackle the root causes of frustrating delays and cancellations.

“Through fundamental rail reform, we’re sweeping away decades of dysfunctionality – putting passengers first, driving growth through connectivity as part of this Government’s Plan for Change.”

Here is a list of train stations in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Wyre Forest, ranked best to worst train stations, according to the percentages of train services cancelled in the latest four-week period.

The data has been published by the Office for Rail and Road and covers the period January 5 to February 1.

1. Stourbridge Town

During the four-week period, 5,480 services were scheduled to call at Stourbridge Town station. No services were cancelled. This is the lowest percentage of cancellations at any train station in the region.

2. Walsall

During the four-week period, 3,500 services were scheduled to call at Walsall station. 0.46 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

3. Bloxwich, Bloxwich North, Cannock and Landywood

During the four-week period, 1,792 services were scheduled to call at Bloxwich, Bloxwich North, Cannock and Landywood stations. 0.56 per cent of these services at all four stations respectively were cancelled.

4. Bescot Stadium

During the four-week period, 1,899 services were scheduled to call at Bescot Stadium station. 0.63 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

5. Dudley Port, Smethwick Rolfe Street and Tipton

During the four-week period, 1,748 services were scheduled to call at Dudley Port, Smethwick Rolfe Street and Tipton stations. 0.74 per cent of these services at all four stations respectively were cancelled.

6. Tame Bridge Parkway

During the four-week period, 4,308 services were scheduled to call at Tame Bridge Parkway station. 0.93 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

7. Stourbridge Junction

During the four-week period, 8,837 services were scheduled to call at Stourbridge Junction station. 0.97 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

8. Hednesford

During the four-week period, 1,792 services were scheduled to call at Hednesford station. One per cent of these services were cancelled.  

9. Rugeley Town

During the four-week period, 1,788 services were scheduled to call at Rugeley Town station. 1.34 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

10. Coseley

During the four-week period, 2,269 services were scheduled to call at Coseley station. 1.94 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

11. Blakedown and Rugeley Trent Valley

During the four-week period, 1,716 services were scheduled to call at Blakedown and 2,692 services at Rugeley Trent Valley. 2.04 per cent of these services at all four stations respectively were cancelled.

12. Hagley

During the four-week period, 1,988 services were scheduled to call at Hagley station. 2.11 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

13. Smethwick Galton Bridge

During the four-week period, 6,768 services were scheduled to call at Smethwick Galton Bridge station. 2.30 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

14. Bilbrook

During the four-week period, 994 services were scheduled to call at Bilbrook station. 2.31 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

15. Hartlebury

During the four-week period, 976 services were scheduled to call at Hartlebury station. 2.36 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

16. Codsall

During the four-week period, 1,034 services were scheduled to call at Codsall station. 2.42 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

17. Rowley Regis

During the four-week period, 3,349 services were scheduled to call at Rowley Regis station. 2.60 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

18. The Hawthorns

During the four-week period, 3,256 services were scheduled to call at The Hawthorns station. 2.61 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

19. Cradley Heath

During the four-week period, 3,256 services were scheduled to call at Cradley Heath station. 2.73 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

20. Stone

During the four-week period, 932 services were scheduled to call at Stone station. 2.79 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

21. Sandwell and Dudley

During the four-week period, 3,627 services were scheduled to call at Sandwell and Dudley station. 2.87 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

22. Langley Green

During the four-week period, 1,772 services were scheduled to call at Langley Green station. 2.93 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

23. Kidderminster

During the four-week period, 3,176 services were scheduled to call at Kidderminster station. 2.96 per cent of these services were cancelled. 

24. Lye

During the four-week period, 1,772 services were scheduled to call at Lye station. 3.05 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

25. Old Hill

During the four-week period, 1,772 services were scheduled to call at Old Hill station. 3.10 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

26. Wolverhampton

During the four-week period, 8,695 services were scheduled to call at Wolverhampton station. 3.54 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

27. Stafford

During the four-week period, 7,394 services were scheduled to call at Stafford station. 3.58 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

28. Penkridge

During the four-week period, 1,538 services were scheduled to call at Penkridge station. 3.97 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

29. Shenstone

During the four-week period, 1,947 services were scheduled to call at Shenstone station. 4.52 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

30. Sutton Coldfield

During the four-week period, 3,641 services were scheduled to call at Sutton Coldfield station. 4.78 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

31. Lichfield City

During the four-week period, 1,947 services were scheduled to call at Lichfield City station. 4.98 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

32. Lichfield Trent Valley

During the four-week period, 3,136 services were scheduled to call at Lichfield Trent Valley station. 5.01 per cent of these services were cancelled.  

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