Tame Bridge Parkway railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Tame Bridge Parkway

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manager = London Midland
locale = West Bromwich
borough = Sandwell
pte = West Midlands
zone = 4
usage0405 = 0.143
usage0506 = 0.150
code = TAB
platforms = 2
latitude = 52.552257
longitude = -1.975991
start = 1990

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 convert|14|km|abbr=on 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.

ervices

London Midland

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. 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.

Wrexham & Shropshire

On 28 April 2008, open access operator Wrexham and Shropshire started running a daily service between London Marylebone and Wrexham. There are five trains a day in each direction on weekdays, with four on Saturdays and three on Sundays.

Although "Wrexham and Shropshire" trains also serve Wolverhampton, local travel between Tame Bridge Parkway and Wolverhampton is not permitted. This is an indirect consequence of a 'moderation of competition' clause in the Virgin Trains franchise agreement, which prohibits other operators from running services between London and Wolverhampton. As a result passengers cannot board southbound Wrexham and Shropshire trains at Wolverhampton - or alight from northbound trains there.

External links

* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/tame_bridge.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Tame Bridge Parkway railway station]

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