Tame Bridge Parkway railway station

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 with some services being supplemented by London Northwestern Railway. It is situated on the Walsall Line 9 miles (14 km) north of Birmingham New Street, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837.

Tame Bridge Parkway
Location
PlaceStone Cross
Local authoritySandwell
Coordinates52.552257°N 1.975991°W / 52.552257; -1.975991
Grid referenceSP017949
Operations
Station codeTAB
Managed byWest Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.535 million
2015/16 0.578 million
2016/17 0.589 million
2017/18 0.593 million
2018/19 0.672 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTETransport for West Midlands
Zone4
History
Key datesOpened 1990 (1990)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tame Bridge Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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.

Services

Typically, Monday to Saturday daytimes there are four trains per hour in each direction. Services southbound travel via Birmingham New Street, with two trains per hour continuing to Birmingham International; one of which continues to London Euston. There are two trains per hour to Wolverhampton stopping at local stations. Northbound, there are four trains per hour to Walsall; two services per hour continue to Rugeley Trent Valley.[1] Some Wolverhampton services are extended to/from Shrewsbury.

On Sundays, a reduced service operates with long-distance services terminating at Coventry.

Notes
  1. "West Midlands Railway - Timetable - Chase Line" (PDF).
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
West Midlands Railway
Chase Line
West Midlands Railway
Wolverhampton-Birmingham-Walsall
London Northwestern Railway
London-Rugeley via Birmingham
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