Hampton-in-Arden railway station

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 West Midlands Railway.

Hampton-in-Arden
Location
PlaceHampton-in-Arden
Local authoritySolihull
Grid referenceSP205812
Operations
Station codeHIA
Managed byWest Midlands Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryE
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 125,390
2015/16 144,692
2016/17 160,636
2017/18 172,690
2018/19 196,678
Passenger Transport Executive
PTETransport for West Midlands
Zone5
History
Key datesOpened 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.

History
The old Hampton-in-Arden station building (1837)

The present station dates from 1884, when it was built by the London and North Western Railway although the line itself was laid and opened by the London and Birmingham Railway, one of the constituent companies that merged in 1846 to form the L&NWR. It replaced an earlier station dating from the opening of the line in 1837 which was located approximately 470 metres (510 yd) further north-west.[1]

In 1839, Hampton-in-Arden became a junction station at the southern end of the Stonebridge Railway (part of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, which was one of the constituent companies that merged in 1844 to form the Midland Railway). This line, which connected with the Birmingham-Derby line at Whitacre Heath, closed to passengers in 1917 and to all traffic in 1935, following a bridge at Packington failing its safety inspection. A small section of the line to Whitacre remained at the Hampton-in-Arden end for use as a storage siding until it was officially closed in 1952, with the track finally being lifted in early 1963.

Prior to the opening of nearby Birmingham International station in 1976, express electric trains took just 90 minutes to run between Birmingham New Street and London Euston and called at Hampton-in-Arden, providing not only an extra commuter stop between Birmingham and Coventry but also served passengers using Birmingham Airport. The exceptionally long platforms at the current station are all that remains to show that these express services once stopped there.

The original B&DJR station booking hall building still stands today in Old Station Road and is used as offices. This small red brick building is a Grade II listed building and is a rare surviving example of architecture from the beginning of the railway age. It is one of two remaining intermediate station buildings in Britain from the early days of railways, the other being the original Watford station in Hertfordshire.[2]

After the station's closure, much of the site was reclaimed for use as a sawmill, owned by Messrs Blackwell & Co.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, Hampton-in-Arden is served by two trains an hour to Birmingham New Street and two to London Euston (via Northampton). Some peak period and evening trains start or terminate at Coventry or Northampton and there is a single late evening through train to Wolverhampton and Crewe (except on Saturdays). On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Birmingham New Street and Euston via Northampton.[3]

References
  1. Historic England. "Old Station Bungalow (1076675)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. "Notes and Extracts on the History Of The London & Birmingham Railway - Chapter 11: The Stations". The Train Now Departing. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 68 (Network Rail)
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Berkswell   West Midlands Railway
Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line		   Birmingham International
  London Northwestern Railway
London-Birmingham		  
Disused railways
Terminus   Midland Railway
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway		   Maxstoke
Line and station closed

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