General information | |
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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 | |
2018/19 | 0.672 million |
2019/20 | 0.665 million |
2020/21 | 0.120 million |
2021/22 | 0.353 million |
2022/23 | 0.505 million |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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 December 2023 [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]
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 | |||
Future services | ||||
West Midlands Railway | ||||
Previous services | ||||
West Midlands Railway Birmingham –Stoke –Crewe |
Birmingham International is a railway station known by code "BHI" in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England, just east of Birmingham. It is on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line 14 km (8.7 mi) east of Birmingham New Street railway station. BHI serves Birmingham Airport, the National Exhibition Centre, the Resorts World Arena, and Resorts World Birmingham.
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