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.
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| Location | Stone Cross, Sandwell England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°33′08″N 1°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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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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]
Services
editAs of October 2024[update], the following services call at this station on Mondays to Saturdays:[2]
- 2tph to Wolverhampton via Aston and Birmingham New Street, calling at all stations.
- 2tph to Birmingham International, non-stop to Birmingham New Street.
- 2tph to Walsall calling at all stations.
- 2tph to Rugeley Trent Valley, non-stop to Walsall and then calling at all stations.
- 1tph non-stop to Birmingham New Street.
- 1 tph to Shrewsbury, non-stop to Wolverhampton and then calling at all stations.
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 |
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towards Walsall | towards Birmingham New Street via Aston |
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| West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Future services | ||||
| West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury via Darlaston | ||||
| Previous services | ||||
| West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Stoke – Crewe | ||||
Notes
edit- ^ Walton, Daniel (29 March 2023). "Video and pictures as filming takes place under M5 and M6 bridges for new Steven Knight drama". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Train Timetables and Schedules | Tame Bridge Parkway". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "West Midlands Railway - Timetable - Chase Line (May 2019)" (PDF).
- ^ "Timetable | Crewe to Stafford via Stoke-on-Trent | 21 May 2023 until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
- ^ "Timetable Change: Sunday 10 December 2023". London Northwestern Railway. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023.
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Tame Bridge Parkway railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Tame Bridge Parkway railway station