Hamstead railway station

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Hamstead
Location
Place	Hamstead
Local authority	Birmingham
Coordinates	52°31′48″N 1°55′41″W / 52.530, -1.928Coordinates: 52°31′48″N 1°55′41″W / 52.530, -1.928
Operations
Station code	HSD
Managed by	London Midland
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	66,779
2004/05 *	58,232
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	3
History
1862	Opened as Great Barr
1970s	Renamed Hamstead
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* 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.

When opened in 1862, the station was known as Great Barr. Sidings served the adjacent Hamstead Colliery.

[edit] Services

Hamstead is served by trains which run between Birmingham New Street and Walsall, operating every half-hour during Monday-Saturday daytimes and hourly in the evenings and on Sundays. All services which operate from Hamstead call all stations between Walsall and New Street. Some services extend to stations beyond Walsall (those on the Chase Line); these terminate at Hednesford, Rugeley Trent Valley or Stafford.

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.

[edit] Nearby

Hamstead also serves:

• Perry Hall Park (west end)
• Sandwell Valley
  • RSPB Sandwell Valley

and is close to the River Tame.

[edit] External links

• 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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