Tame Bridge Parkway railway station

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Tame Bridge Parkway
Location
Place	West Bromwich
Local authority	Sandwell
Coordinates	52°33′08″N 1°58′34″W / 52.552257, -1.975991Coordinates: 52°33′08″N 1°58′34″W / 52.552257, -1.975991
Operations
Station code	TAB
Managed by	London Midland
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.143 million
2005/06 *	0.150 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	4
History
Key dates	Opened 1990
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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 Tame Bridge Parkway from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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 London Midland and also served by Wrexham and Shropshire. It is situated on the Walsall Line 14 km (8½ miles) north of Birmingham New Street, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837.

The station was opened 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.

[edit] Future

The open-access operator Wrexham & Shropshire has made a proposal to run direct services between London, Shropshire and North Wales. Initially, it had planned to have its services stop at Wolverhampton, which would allow passengers access to the rail network in the West Midlands. As a consequence of "moderation of competition" protection written in to the Virgin West Coast franchise agreement, it has been announced[1] that Wrexham & Shropshire will only be able to call at Wolverhampton to pick up passengers Northbound, and set down passengers Southbound.

As a result of this, the company is proposing to additionally call at Tame Bridge Parkway, which will have the additional benefit of giving the area a direct service to London. West Midlands travellers will be thus deprived of the potentially useful new direct Wolverhampton to Tame Bridge Parkway service.

This service is scheduled to commence on 28th April 2008.

[edit] Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, in each direction there are four trains an hour serving Tame Bridge Parkway, between Birmingham and Walsall. Services to Birmingham New Street call either at all stations (in which case they may continue to Birmingham International) or are designated as "semi-fast" and call only at Birmingham New Street.

Services in the other direction are for Walsall and stations to Stafford, with three trains an hour terminating at the former and the other service going to the latter. During weekday evenings however, there is one train per hour in each direction which runs between Hednesford and Birmingham New Street, calling all stations.

On Sundays, there are two trains per hour: one calling at all stations between Birmingham New Street and Walsall, the other as a normal "semi-fast", calling only at Tame Bridge Parkway and Walsall on the Walsall Line, then continuing to the Chase Line for stations to Rugeley Trent Valley.

Also now Wrexham and Shropshire provides 4 trains a day on weekdays and 3 on Saturdays and 2 on Sundays to London Marylebone and Wrexham.

[edit] External links

• 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

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