Tame Bridge Parkway railway station

Tame Bridge Parkway
Location
Place	West Bromwich
Local authority	Sandwell
Coordinates	52°33′08″N 1°58′34″W / 52.552257°N 1.975991°WCoordinates: 52°33′08″N 1°58′34″W / 52.552257°N 1.975991°W
Grid reference	SP017949
Operations
Station code	TAB
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	0.382 million
2011/12	0.491 million
2012/13	0.503 million
2013/14	0.521 million
2014/15	0.535 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	4
History
Key dates	Opened 1990
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tame Bridge Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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. It is situated on the Walsall Line 9 miles (14 km) 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.

Services

Local and regional services are operated by London Midland. During Monday to Saturday daytimes, in each direction there are four trains an hour serving Tame Bridge Parkway, between Birmingham and Walsall.^[1] Services to Birmingham New Street call either at all stations via Aston or are designated as "semi-fast" and run non-stop to New Street via Winson Green.

Services in the other direction are for Walsall and stations to Rugeley Trent Valley, with three trains an hour terminating at the former and one going to the latter (two per hour at peak times and on Saturdays, although some Rugeley trains skip certain stations north of Walsall). During Monday to Saturday evenings and all day on Sundays, there are two trains per hour to Birmingham (one calls all stations and one runs non-stop). Northbound there are two trains per hour to Walsall (one calling all stations and one running non-stop) with one train per hour continuing to Rugeley Trent Valley.

Notes

1. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 70

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Bescot Stadium		London Midland Chase Line and Wolverhampton-Walsall		Hamstead
Walsall		London Midland Chase Line		Birmingham New Street