Hamstead railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Hamstead

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manager = London Midland
locale = Hamstead
borough = Birmingham
pte = West Midlands
zone = 3
lowusage0203 = 66,779
lowusage0405 = 58,232
lowusage0506 = 60,616
lowusage0607 = 67,120
platforms = 2
code = HSD
latitude = 52.530
longitude = -1.928
years = 1862
events = Opened as Great Barr
years2 = 1970s
events2 = Renamed Hamstead

Hamstead railway station serves the Hamstead, Great Barr and Handsworth Wood areas of the West Midlands, England, located at the junction of Rocky Lane and Old Walsall Road, in the city of Birmingham, on its border with Sandwell. It is situated on the Birmingham-Walsall Line, part of the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

When opened in 1862, the station was known as Great Barr. Sidings served the adjacent Hamstead Colliery.

ervices

Hamstead is served by trains which run between Birmingham New Street and Walsall, operating every half-hour during Monday-Saturday daytimes and hourly in the evenings and on Sundays. All services which operate from Hamstead call all stations between Walsall and New Street. Some services extend to stations beyond Walsall (those on the Chase Line); these terminate at Hednesford, Rugeley Trent Valley or Stafford.

In the case of engineering work on the line (which often occurs on Sundays), Hamstead is usually the last stop for trains to Birmingham from Walsall or the Chase Line. Such services deviate from normal running at Perry Barr North Junction and enter New Street through Soho, merging with the Birmingham to Wolverhampton line just south of Smethwick Rolfe Street. A replacement bus service operates on these days to Hamstead from New Street, calling Duddeston, Aston and Witton beforehand.

Nearby

Hamstead also serves:
*Perry Hall Park (west end)
*Sandwell Valley
**RSPB Sandwell Valleyand is close to the River Tame.

External links

* [http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/hamstead.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Hamstead railway station]
* [http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/greatbarr.htm Railways of Warwickshire entry]