Hampton-in-Arden railway station

National railway station in England

Hampton-in-Arden

General information
Location| Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull
England
Grid reference| SP205812
Managed by| West Midlands Railway
Transit authority| Transport for West Midlands
Platforms| 2
Other information
Station code| HIA
Fare zone| 5
Classification| DfT category E
History
Opened| 1884
Passengers
2019/20|  182,380
2020/21|  28,610
2021/22|  93,660
2022/23|  131,182
2023/24|  175,940

Location

Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 Trains.

## History

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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 (LNWR) 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 (B&DJR), 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 house and separate ticket and parcels building[2] still stand in Old Station Road and are used as offices. They are separately Grade II listed buildings,[3][4] protecting them from unauthorised alteration or demolition. Together, they comprise a rare surviving example of architecture from the beginning of the railway age, and one of two remaining intermediate station buildings in Britain from the early days of railways, the other being the original Watford station in Hertfordshire.[5]

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

## Facilities

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The station has a ticket office located by the station entrance on High Street which is open Monday-Friday 07:00-10:00 and Saturday 09:00-14:00. When the ticket office is open tickets must be purchased before boarding the train. Outside of these times there is a ticket machine outside the ticket office which accepts card payments only - cash and voucher payments can be made to the senior conductor on the train.

Step free access is only available on the Coventry bound platform. The nearest station with full step free access is Berkswell.

## Services

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Hampton-in-Arden is served by two trains per hour each way, to Birmingham New Street northbound and to London Euston via Northampton southbound. Some services to/from London Euston are split at Northampton with one service running between Birmingham New Street and Northampton and another between Northampton and London Euston. The evening service towards London Euston is reduced to one train per hour.

On Sundays there is an hourly service each way between Birmingham New Street and London Euston via Northampton. There are some longer gaps of over 2 hours in services towards Coventry. [6]

All services are operated by West Midlands Trains. Most services are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand but some services (mainly early morning and late night services which start/terminate at Coventry) operate under the West Midlands Railway brand.

## References

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1. ^ Historic England. "Old Station Bungalow (1076675)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
2. ^ 52°25′55″N 1°42′12″W﻿ / ﻿52.43196°N 1.70340°W﻿ / 52.43196; -1.70340
3. ^ "Old Station Bungalow, Hampton in Arden - 1076675". Historic England. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
4. ^ "Small Storehouse Immediately to North West of Old Station Bungalow, Hampton in Arden - 1253086". Historic England. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
5. ^ "Notes and Extracts on the History Of The London & Birmingham Railway - Chapter 11: The Stations". The Train Now Departing. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
6. ^ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 68

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

|
|

Birmingham International

towards Birmingham New Street

|  | London Northwestern Railway

London–Birmingham

|  | Berkswell

towards London Euston

Birmingham International

| | West Midlands Railway

West Coast Main Line

Coventry \- Birmingham New Street / Wolverhampton

Limited service

| |

Berkswell

| Disused railways  |
Terminus |  | Midland Railway
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway |  | Maxstoke
Line and station closed

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hampton-in-Arden railway station.

* 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
* Hampton in Arden Station at WarwickshireRailways.com

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