Tame Bridge Parkway railway station

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 West Midlands Railway. It is situated on the Chase Line 9 miles (14 km) north of Birmingham New Street, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837.

Tame Bridge Parkway
General information
Location	Stone Cross, Sandwell England
Coordinates	52.552257°N 1.975991°W / 52.552257; -1.975991
Grid reference	SP017949
Managed by	West Midlands Railway
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TAB
Fare zone	4
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1990
Passengers
2018/19	0.672 million
2019/20	0.665 million
2020/21	0.120 million
2021/22	0.353 million
2022/23	0.505 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

In early 2023, land adjacent to the station was used as a filming location for the BBC One drama This Town, produced by Steven Knight.^[1]

Services

As of October 2024^[update], the following services call at this station on Mondays to Saturdays:^[2]

• 2tph to Wolverhampton via Aston and Birmingham New Street, calling at all stations.
• 2tph to Birmingham International, non-stop to Birmingham New Street.
• 2tph to Walsall calling at all stations.
• 2tph to Rugeley Trent Valley, non-stop to Walsall and then calling at all stations.
• 1tph non-stop to Birmingham New Street.
• 1 tph to Shrewsbury, non-stop to Wolverhampton and then calling at all stations.

On Sundays services are 1tph for each of the above.

All current services are provided by West Midlands Trains under the brand West Midlands Railway.

In 2019, some services ran to and from Coventry or London Euston, and were therefore branded as London Northwestern Railway services.^[3]

The station was previously served by trains between Birmingham New Street and Crewe, via Stoke-on-Trent, but the service was cut back to starting at Stafford in the December 2023 timetable change.^[4][5]

Nearby bus stops on the Walsall Road offer regular bus links on services 4, 4H, 4M and 45 to Walsall, West Bromwich, Oldbury, Blackheath, Halesowen and Merry Hill Centre.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Walsall towards Rugeley Trent Valley		West Midlands Railway Chase Line		Birmingham New Street non-stop
Bescot Stadium towards Walsall				Hamstead towards Birmingham New Street via Aston
Birmingham New Street		West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury		Wolverhampton
	Future services
Birmingham New Street		West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury via Darlaston		Darlaston James Bridge
	Previous services
Birmingham New Street		West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Stoke – Crewe		Wolverhampton

Notes

1. Walton, Daniel (29 March 2023). "Video and pictures as filming takes place under M5 and M6 bridges for new Steven Knight drama". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
2. "Train Timetables and Schedules | Tame Bridge Parkway". West Midlands Railway.
3. "West Midlands Railway - Timetable - Chase Line (May 2019)" (PDF).
4. "Timetable | Crewe to Stafford via Stoke-on-Trent | 21 May 2023 until 9 December 2023". West Midlands Railway.
5. "Timetable Change: Sunday 10 December 2023". London Northwestern Railway. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023.

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