Hampton-in-Arden railway station

Hampton-in-Arden National Rail
Location
Place Hampton-in-Arden
Local authority Solihull
Grid reference SP205812
Operations
Station code HIA
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 Increase 97,044
2011/12 Increase 115,458
2012/13 Increase 122,456
2013/14 Increase 124,716
2014/15 Increase 125,390
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Midlands
Zone 5
History
Key dates Opened 1884 (1884)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hampton-in-Arden from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hampton-in-Arden railway station serves the village of Hampton-in-Arden in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line between Coventry and Birmingham. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

History

The present station dates from 1884, when it was built by the London and North Western Railway. It replaced an earlier station dating from the opening of the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837.

From 1839, Hampton-in-Arden became a junction at the southern end of the Stonebridge Railway (part of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, itself one of the constituents of the Midland Railway). This line, which connected with the Birmingham-Derby line at Whitacre Heath, closed to passengers in 1917 and completely in 1935.

Prior to the opening of nearby Birmingham International station in 1976, fast trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston called at Hampton-in-Arden, to provide a stop between Birmingham and Coventry and to serve Birmingham Airport. Evidence of the stopping of these longer trains remains with the exceptionally long platforms.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, Hampton-in-Arden is served by three trains an hour to Birmingham New Street, one to Coventry, one to Northampton and two to London Euston (via Northampton). Certain services operate between Coventry-Walsall/Wolverhampton. On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Birmingham New Street and Coventry.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Berkswell   London Midland
Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line
  Birmingham International
Disused railways
Terminus   Midland Railway
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
  Maxstoke
Line and station closed

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Coordinates: 52°25′44″N 1°42′00″W / 52.429°N 1.700°W / 52.429; -1.700


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