Hamstead | |
Hamstead | |
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Place | Hamstead |
Local authority | Birmingham |
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Operations | |
Station code | HSD |
Managed by | London Midland |
Platforms in use | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail | |
Annual rail passenger usage | |
2002/03 * | 66,779 |
2004/05 * | File:Decrease2.svg 58,232 |
2005/06 * | File:Increase2.svg 60,616 |
2006/07 * | File:Increase2.svg 67,120 |
2007/08 * | File:Increase2.svg 69,526 |
2008/09 * | File:Increase2.svg 0.130 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | West Midlands |
Zone | 3 |
History | |
Original company | Grand Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
4 July 1837 | Opened as Hamstead and Great Barr |
1 May 1875 | Renamed Great Barr |
25 March 1899 | Resited |
6 May 1974 | Renamed Hamstead |
National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hamstead from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
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Hamstead railway station serves the Hamstead, Great Barr and Handsworth Wood areas of the West Midlands, England, located at the junction of Rocky Lane and Old Walsall Road, in the city of Birmingham, on its border with Sandwell. It is situated on the Birmingham-Walsall Line, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.
The first station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway on 4 July 1837, and was named Hamstead and Great Barr; it was renamed Great Barr on 1 May 1875. The station was resited on the opposite side of the road bridge on 25 March 1899; this station, again known as Great Barr, was renamed Hamstead on 6 May 1974.[1][2] Sidings served the adjacent Hamstead Colliery.
Services[]
The typical Monday-Saturday daytime service sees two trains per hour in each direction between Walsall and Birmingham New Street that are operated by Class 323 electric trains. This service is reduced to one train per hour in the evenings and on Sundays. There are a small number of early morning and late evening trains on weekdays are operated by Class 170 diesel trains and extend past Walsall to either Hednesford or Rugeley Trent Valley. All trains serving the station are operated by London Midland.
In the case of engineering work on the line (which often occurs on Sundays), Hamstead is usually the last stop for trains to Birmingham from Walsall or the Chase Line. Such services deviate from normal running at Perry Barr North Junction and enter New Street through Soho, merging with the Birmingham to Wolverhampton line just south of Smethwick Rolfe Street. A replacement bus service operates on these days to Hamstead from New Street, calling Duddeston, Aston and Witton beforehand.
Nearby[]
Hamstead also serves:
- Perry Hall Park (west end)
- Sandwell Valley
- RSPB Sandwell Valley
and is close to the River Tame.
References[]
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 108, 113. R508. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- ↑ "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR" (July 1974). Railway Magazine 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. ISSN 0033-8923.
External links[]
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- Train times and station information for Hamstead railway station from National Rail
- Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Hamstead railway station
- Railways of Warwickshire entry
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