Hamstead railway station

Hamstead
Looking towards Walsall
Location
Place	Hamstead
Local authority	Birmingham
Coordinates	52°31′48″N 1°55′41″W / 52.530°N 1.928°W / 52.530; -1.928Coordinates: 52°31′48″N 1°55′41″W / 52.530°N 1.928°W / 52.530; -1.928
Grid reference	SP049925
Operations
Station code	HSD
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.149 million
2011/12	0.238 million
2012/13	0.241 million
2013/14	0.251 million
2014/15	0.256 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Transport for 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

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hamstead from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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.

"Great Barr" station bench, photographed at Hamstead in late 1970s/ early 1980s

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 (and on through to Wolverhampton) that are operated by Class 323 electric trains. This service is reduced to one train per hour in the evenings and on Sundays.^[3]

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. A limited service (currently one train per week on Saturdays only) between Wolverhampton and Walsall does not operate via Birmingham New Street.

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. pp. 108, 113. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 70

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hamstead railway station.

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

Preceding station	National Rail	Following station
Tame Bridge Parkway	London Midland Chase Line	Perry Barr
Tame Bridge Parkway	London Midland Wolverhampton-Walsall not via Birmingham	Smethwick Rolfe Street
Historical railways
Newton Road Line open, station closed	London and North Western Railway Chase Line	Perry Barr Line and station open

Railway stations in the West Midlands county

Open stations

Birmingham	Acocks Green Adderley Park Aston Blake Street Bordesley Bournville Butlers Lane Chester Road Duddeston Erdington Five Ways Four Oaks Gravelly Hill Hall Green Hamstead Jewellery Quarter Kings Norton Lea Hall Longbridge Moor Street New Street Northfield Perry Barr Selly Oak Small Heath Snow Hill Spring Road Stechford Sutton Coldfield Tyseley University Witton Wylde Green Yardley Wood

Coventry	Canley Coventry Coventry Arena Tile Hill

Dudley	Coseley Lye Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Town

Sandwell	Bescot Stadium Cradley Heath Dudley Port Langley Green Old Hill Rowley Regis Sandwell and Dudley Smethwick Galton Bridge Smethwick Rolfe Street Tame Bridge Parkway The Hawthorns Tipton

Solihull	Berkswell Birmingham International Dorridge Earlswood Hampton-in-Arden Marston Green Olton Shirley Solihull Whitlocks End Widney Manor

Walsall	Bloxwich Bloxwich North Walsall

Wolverhampton	Wolverhampton

Outside West Midlands county, but within the Transport for West Midlands area	Wythall

Disused

Birmingham	Bromford Bridge Camp Hill Castle Bromwich Central Goods Church Road Curzon Street Granville Street Hagley Road Handsworth & Smethwick Handsworth Wood Hazelwell Hockley Icknield Port Road Kings Heath Lawley Street Lifford Longbridge (1915-1964) Monument Lane Moseley Penns Rotton Park Road Rubery Saltley Soho & Winson Green Soho Road Somerset Road Sutton Park Sutton Coldfield Town Winson Green

Coventry	Coundon Road Daimler Halt Foleshill Longford and Exhall

Dudley	Baptist End Blowers Green Brettell Lane Brierley Hill Brockmoor Halt Bromley Halt Darby End Dudley Gornal Halt Halesowen Harborne Harts Hill Old Hill High Street Pensnett Halt Round Oak Windmill End

Sandwell	Albion Great Bridge North Great Bridge South Newton Road Oldbury Princes End & Coseley Rood End Smethwick West Soho Spon Lane Swan Village Tipton Five Ways Wednesbury Central Wednesbury Town West Bromwich

Walsall	Aldridge Bentley Brownhills Brownhills Watling Street Darlaston Darlaston James Bridge North Walsall Pelsall Pleck Rushall Short Heath Streetly Walsall Wood Willenhall Bilston Street Willenhall Stafford Street Wood Green

Wolverhampton	Bilston Central Bilston West Bradley and Moxley Bushbury Compton Halt Daisy Bank Dunstall Park Ettingshall Road Heath Town Monmore Green Portobello Priestfield Tettenhall Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton Wednesfield Wolverhampton Low Level

Heritage

Tyseley, Warwick Road

List of West Midlands railway stations
Transport in the West Midlands
Transport for West Midlands

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