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Location | Stone Cross, Sandwell England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°33′08″N1°58′34″W / 52.552257°N 1.975991°W | ||||
Grid reference | SP017949 | ||||
Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | TAB | ||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1990 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.665 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.120 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.353 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.505 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.580 million | ||||
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Tame Bridge Parkway is a railway station in the north of the borough of Sandwell,in the West Midlands,England,close to the boundary with Walsall. The station is operated by West Midlands Railway. It is situated on the Chase Line 9 miles (14 km) north of Birmingham New Street,part of the former Grand Junction Railway,opened in 1837.
The station was opened by British Rail in 1990,having been built at a cost of £600,000. It takes its name from the nearby River Tame.
Pedestrian and vehicular access is via the A4031 Walsall Road.
In early 2023,land adjacent to the station was used as a filming location for the BBC One drama This Town,produced by Steven Knight. [1]
As of October 2024 [update] ,the following services call at this station on Mondays to Saturdays: [2]
On Sundays services are 1tph for each of the above.
All current services are provided by West Midlands Trains under the brand West Midlands Railway.
In 2019,some services ran to and from Coventry or London Euston,and were therefore branded as London Northwestern Railway services. [3]
The station was previously served by trains between Birmingham New Street and Crewe,via Stoke-on-Trent,but the service was cut back to starting at Stafford in the December 2023 timetable change. [4] [5]
Nearby bus stops on the Walsall Road offer regular bus links on services 4,4H,4M and 45 to Walsall,West Bromwich,Oldbury,Blackheath,Halesowen and Merry Hill Centre.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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towards Rugeley Trent Valley | West Midlands Railway | non-stop | ||
towards Walsall | towards Birmingham New Street via Aston | |||
Wolverhampton towards Shrewsbury | West Midlands Railway Birmingham–Shrewsbury | Birmingham New Street Terminus | ||
Future services | ||||
West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury via Darlaston | ||||
Previous services | ||||
West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Stoke – Crewe |
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