Tame Bridge Parkway railway station explained

Tame Bridge Parkway
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Stone Cross, Sandwell
Country:England
Coordinates:52.5523°N -1.976°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:West Midlands Railway
Platforms:2
Code:TAB
Zone:4
Classification:DfT category E
Transit Authority:Transport for West Midlands
Opened:1990
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

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 9miles north of Birmingham New Street, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837.

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

, the following services call at this station on Mondays to Saturdays:[2]

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 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, via, but the service was cut back to starting at 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walton . Daniel . Video and pictures as filming takes place under M5 and M6 bridges for new Steven Knight drama . 2023-04-04 . www.shropshirestar.com . en.
  2. Web site: Train Timetables and Schedules Tame Bridge Parkway . West Midlands Railway.
  3. Web site: West Midlands Railway - Timetable - Chase Line (May 2019).
  4. Web site: Timetable Crewe to Stafford via Stoke-on-Trent 21 May 2023 until 9 December 2023. West Midlands Railway.
  5. Web site: Timetable Change: Sunday 10 December 2023. London Northwestern Railway. https://web.archive.org/web/20231210214730/https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/dec23. 10 December 2023. dead.