the second nearest railway station to the centre of oldbury is at langley green, at western road, on the stourbridge extension line, now the birmingham to worcester via kidderminster line. it opened in april 1867 and was originally called langley green & rood end station. however, a short half-mile long branch line, the oldbury railway, was linked to the station with its own (third) platform. it opened in november 1884; and langley green & rood end station was then renamed langley green. the oldbury railway, which also linked to albright and wilson, had both a passenger station, called oldbury railway station, on halesowen road; and a goods station, at the birmingham canal navigations wharf in oldbury. passenger services ran to oldbury station until march 1915; and the line closed completely other than as a freight line for albright and wilson. all traces of its viaduct and embankment beyond tat bank road were destroyed when the m5 motorway was built.