Tamworth railway station

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Class 350 Desiro electric multiple unit at the Low Level platforms

The station is served by three train operating companies, with the following typical weekday services:

Avanti West Coast

CrossCountry

West Midlands Trains

Operating under the London Northwestern Railway branding, there are hourly semi-fast services in each direction between London Euston and Crewe, via Nuneaton, Rugby and Stafford. Some peak services call at Northampton. [14]

Future services

It was planned that, from December 2023, Tamworth would begin to receive regular off-peak calls on Avanti services to and from Liverpool, along with Lichfield Trent Valley, using Hitachi trains. [15] These would be hourly calling at Lichfield Trent Valley and Runcorn. The introduction of this service has not yet occurred, as of November 2024, as the Hitachi trains did not enter service until October 2024 for the Class 807 Evero electric multiple units, causing the introduction of the full hourly service to be delayed until 2025. [16] [17]

As part of the December 2024 timetable changes, on weekdays, two services from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street will stop at Tamworth and Lichfield Trent Valley, instead of Rugby; one additional service to London Euston will stop at Tamworth and Lichfield Trent Valley. On Saturdays, three additional services from Liverpool to London will call at Tamworth and Lichfield, in the southbound direction only. [18] [19]

Tamworth
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Tamworth station, looking westbound on the West Coast Main Line
General information
Location Tamworth, Borough of Tamworth
England
Coordinates 52°38′15″N1°41′13″W / 52.6374°N 1.6869°W / 52.6374; -1.6869
Grid reference SK213044
Managed by London Northwestern Railway
Platforms4
Tracks6
Other information
Station codeTAM
Classification DfT category C2
History
Opened12 August 1839 (1839-08-12)
Original company Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway and London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1847New joint station buildings erected
1909Station jointly staffed by the MR and LNWR
1961Station rebuilt
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 1.271 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 0.393 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Wilnecote   CrossCountry
Cardiff – Birmingham – Nottingham
  Burton-on-Trent
Birmingham New Street   CrossCountry
Scotland and the North East to the South West and South Coast
  Derby
Lichfield Trent Valley
towards Crewe
London Northwestern Railway
London–Crewe
Atherstone
towards London Euston
Avanti West Coast
Liverpool – London
Avanti West Coast
Manchester – London
Lichfield Trent Valley   Avanti West Coast
North Wales – London
  London Euston
  Avanti West Coast
Lancaster/Preston – London
 
  Historical railways  
Wilnecote
Line and station open
  Midland Railway
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
  Elford
Line open, station closed

References

  1. "Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. British Newspaper Archive. 12 August 1839. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. "Private Opening of the Trent Valley Railway". Derby Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 30 June 1847. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. "The Trent Valley Railway" . Illustrated London News. England. 4 December 1847. Retrieved 9 March 2019 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Railway Stations. Alterations in Names of Tamworth Stations". Tamworth Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 17 May 1924. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 Mitchall, Vic &, Smith, Keith (2011). Rugby to Stafford: The Trent Valley Line. Middleton Press. ISBN   978-1-908174-07-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Stretton, Clement E. (1901). The History Of The Midland Railway. Methuen & Co. p. 195.
  7. 1 2 "Tamworth Low Level Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 106. ISBN   9780860936855.
  9. Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
  10. Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. pp. 38–39. ISBN   0-7110-1929-0.
  11. 1 2 "Tamworth station facilities". 'National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  12. "Our latest timetables and ticket info". Avanti West Coast. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  13. "Train timetables". CrossCountry. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  14. "Train timetables and schedules". London Northwestern Railway. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  15. "West Coast Mainline December 2022 Timetable changes by route" (PDF). December 2022.
  16. "Avanti West Coast's Class 807 makes 'soft' passenger debut between London Euston and Birmingham". News. Rail Magazine . 30 October 2024.
  17. Holden, Michael (11 November 2024). "First new Avanti all-electric trains enter service in Liverpool". RailAdvent. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  18. "Our latest timetable and ticket info". Avanti West Coast. 22 November 2024.
  19. "Scheduled timetable book for 15 December 2024 to 17 May 2025" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.