Hampton-in-Arden railway station

Hampton-in-Arden
Location
Place	Hampton-in-Arden
Local authority	Solihull
Operations
Station code	HIA
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	49,699
2005/06 *	51,573
2006/07 *	54,850
2007/08 *	57,276
2008/09 *	95,520
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
Opened 1884 (1884)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* 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 Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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 London Midland.

History

The present station dates from 1884, when it was built by the London and North Western Railway. It replaced an earlier station dating from the opening of the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837.

From 1839, Hampton-in-Arden became a junction at the southern end of the Stonebridge Railway (part of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, itself one of the constituents of the Midland Railway). This line, which connected with the Birmingham-Derby line at Whitacre Heath, closed to passengers in 1917 and completely in 1935.

Prior to the opening of nearby Birmingham International station in 1976, fast trains between Birmingham New Street and London Euston called at Hampton-in-Arden, to provide a stop between Birmingham and Coventry and to serve Birmingham Airport. Evidence of the stopping of these longer trains remains with the exceptionally long platforms.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, Hampton-in-Arden is served by two trains an hour between Birmingham New Street and Coventry, one of which continues to Northampton or London Euston(via Northampton). Some northbound services continue to Walsall or Wolverhampton. On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Birmingham New Street and Coventry.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Berkswell		London Midland Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line		Birmingham International

External links

• Train times and station information for Hampton-in-Arden railway station from National Rail
• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Hampton-in-Arden station