. "Station opened as Dudley Port"@en . . . . "Later British Rail"@en . . . . . . "0.297"^^ . . . "-2.049"^^ . . . . . . . . . "inline"@en . . . . "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, it is not situated within the boundaries of the nearby town of Dudley, which has not had its own railway station since 1964, 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. 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 councillor Gordon Morgan in 1989."@en . "0.155"^^ . . . . "4"^^ . "0.131"^^ . . . . . . "Dudley Port railway station"@en . "Birmingham(Snow Hill) - Dudley Branch (1866-1964)"@en . . . . . . "0.116"^^ . "2"^^ . . . "-1.981"^^ . . "Closed"@en . "Renamed Dudley Port"@en . . . . . . . "South Staffs Line (1850-1964)"@en . . "0.144"^^ . . "Dudley Port railway station MMB 15.jpg"@en . . . . . . . . . "SO967918"@en . "Dudley Port"@en . . . "Dudley port lower level .jpg"@en . "1850-04-01"^^ . . "0.383"^^ . "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."@en . . . . "0.281"^^ . "A picture or Dudley port station's lower level in 2001. The diagonal brick structure on the right is a former stairway."@en . . . "Later LNWR, then LMS, finally BR"@en . . . . "rail"@en . "1964"^^ . . . "52.525"^^ . . "Opened as Dudley Port railway station"@en . . "0.28"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "1852-07-01"^^ . . "Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line"@en . . "DDP"@en . . "52.501"^^ . . . . . . "Dudley Port railway station"@en .