[1] The Great Western Railway company put the construction of the new station out to tender in 1897 and the contractor was Mr. Bloxham.

The new station was opened on 3 June 1899[3] and this fulfilled the demands of providing accommodation for 200,000 passengers annually using the 16 G.W.R.

The whole of the junction is controlled by semaphore signals from the British Rail Western Region era.

The box interfaces with the West Midlands Signal Control Centre, Stourbridge Desk (at Saltley) on the main line towards Kidderminster and West Midlands Signal Control Centre, Bromsgrove Desk (at Saltley) on the branch, using the Track Circuit Block system - the latter becomes a single line just beyond the junction and remains so until joining the main line at Stoke Works.

West Midlands Railway serve the station on both routes from Worcester to Birmingham, using the Snow Hill Lines via Kidderminster for services via Moor Street and Snow Hill, and the Cross-City Line after Bromsgrove on New Street bound services.