Tamworth railway station

Tamworth
Tamworth
	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
Grid reference	SK213044
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	TAM
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	12 August 1839
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
1847	New joint station buildings erected
1909	Station jointly staffed by the MR and LNWR
1961	Station rebuilt
Passengers
2018/19	1.279 million
Interchange	0.336 million

Last updated April 05, 2024

Class 350 at the Low Level platforms

Class 221 at the High Level platforms

West Coast Main Line

In the May 2023 timetable services at Tamworth's Low level platforms 1 & 2 are as follows:

West Midlands Trains

West Midlands Trains operating under the London Northwestern branding, operates a semi-fast hourly service southbound to London Euston via Nuneaton and Rugby and northbound to Crewe via Stafford. This service uses Class 350 EMUs.^[11] Some peak services call at Northampton.

Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast provide additional services during the peak hours and weekends.^[12]^[13]

Northbound, there are:

1 train per day to Preston (Monday to Saturday only)
2 trains per day to Holyhead via Stafford (Monday to Saturday only; 1 train on Saturday terminates at Chester)
1 train per day to Wrexham General via Stafford (Monday to Friday only)
1 train on Saturdays to Liverpool Lime Street via Stafford and Runcorn (increased to 3 trains per day on Sunday);

Southbound, there are:

4 trains per day to London Euston (reduced to 3 per day on Saturday and 1 per day on Sunday)

As part of the December 2022 timetable changes, it was planned that from December 2023, Tamworth will begin to receive regular off-peak calls on Avanti services to and from Liverpool using Hitachi trains.^[14] These would be hourly calling at Lichfield Trent Valley and Runcorn. The introduction of this service was delayed, as Avanti’s Class 807s are not yet in service.

CrossCountry Route

All services on the High Level platforms 3 & 4 are operated by CrossCountry using Class 170, 220s and 221s.^[15]^[16]

Northbound, the typical Monday-Saturday frequency of services is as follows:

2 trains per hour to Nottingham via Derby;
1 train per 2 hours to Edinburgh Waverley via Derby, Sheffield, Leeds, York and Newcastle, 1 tpd extending to Glasgow Central.

Southbound, the typical Monday-Saturday frequency of services is as follows:

1 train per hour to Cardiff Central via Birmingham New Street and Gloucester.
1 train per hour to Birmingham New Street only;
1 train per 2 hours to Plymouth via Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids, 1tpd extending to Penzance.

There are two trains per day to Newcastle from Reading which stop at Tamworth along with 1tpd between Nottingham and Bournemouth via Reading and Southampton Central.

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References

↑ "Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. British Newspaper Archive. 12 August 1839. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ "Private Opening of the Trent Valley Railway". Derby Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 30 June 1847. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ "The Trent Valley Railway" . Illustrated London News. England. 4 December 1847. Retrieved 9 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Railway Stations. Alterations in Names of Tamworth Stations". Tamworth Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 17 May 1924. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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)
1 2 "Tamworth Low Level Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
↑ Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 9780860936855.
↑ Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
↑ Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-7110-1929-0.
1 2 Tamworth station facilities National Rail Enquiries
↑ "Timetable | Crewe to London via Nuneaton | 21 May to 9 December 2023". London Northwestern Railway. 21 May 2023.
↑ "Scheduled timetable book for 11 December 2022 to 20 May 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
↑ "Scheduled timetable book for 21 May 2023 to 9 December 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
↑ "West Coast Mainline December 2022 Timetable changes by route" (PDF). December 2022.
↑ "Train Timetables | Scotland, North East & Manchester to the South West and South Coast | Sunday 21 May 2023 - 9 December 2023" (PDF). CrossCountry Trains.
↑ "Train Timetables | Stansted, Cambridge, Leicester and Nottingham to Birmingham & Cardiff | Sunday 21 May - Saturday 9 December 2023" (PDF). CrossCountry Trains.

External links

Train times and station information for Tamworth railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	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		London Northwestern Railway Crewe – Nuneaton – London	Atherstone
Lichfield Trent Valley		London Northwestern Railway Crewe – Nuneaton – London	Polesworth
Lichfield Trent Valley		Avanti West Coast Liverpool – London	Nuneaton
			Milton Keynes Central
			London Euston
Lichfield Trent Valley		Avanti West Coast Manchester – London	Milton Keynes Central
Lichfield Trent Valley		Avanti West Coast North Wales – London	London Euston
Lichfield Trent Valley		Avanti West Coast Lancaster/Preston – London	London Euston
	Historical railways
Wilnecote Line and station open		Midland Railway Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway	Elford Line open, station closed

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[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.

[RTS-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)

[WRTLLS-6] 1 2 "Tamworth Low Level Station". Warwickshire Railways. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[7] Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 9780860936855.

[8] Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing

[Hall-9] Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-7110-1929-0.

[NR-10] 1 2 Tamworth station facilities National Rail Enquiries

[11] "Timetable | Crewe to London via Nuneaton | 21 May to 9 December 2023". London Northwestern Railway. 21 May 2023.

[12] "Scheduled timetable book for 11 December 2022 to 20 May 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.

[13] "Scheduled timetable book for 21 May 2023 to 9 December 2023" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.

[14] "West Coast Mainline December 2022 Timetable changes by route" (PDF). December 2022.

[15] "Train Timetables | Scotland, North East & Manchester to the South West and South Coast | Sunday 21 May 2023 - 9 December 2023" (PDF). CrossCountry Trains.

[16] "Train Timetables | Stansted, Cambridge, Leicester and Nottingham to Birmingham & Cardiff | Sunday 21 May - Saturday 9 December 2023" (PDF). CrossCountry Trains.

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