Hampton-in-Arden  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Hampton-in-Arden,Solihull England | ||||
| Grid reference | SP205812 | ||||
| Managed by | West Midlands Railway | ||||
| Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | HIA | ||||
| Fare zone | 5 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1884 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  28,610 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  93,660 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 131,182 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 175,940 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 210,864 | ||||
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Hampton-in-Arden railway station serves the village ofHampton-in-Arden in theWest Midlands ofEngland. It is situated on theWest Coast Main Line betweenCoventry andBirmingham. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated byWest Midlands Trains.
The present station dates from 1884, when it was built by theLondon and North Western Railway (LNWR) although the line itself was laid and opened by theLondon 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 theStonebridge Railway (part of theBirmingham and Derby Junction Railway (B&DJR), which was one of the constituent companies that merged in 1844 to form theMidland Railway). This line, which connected with the Birmingham-Derby line atWhitacre 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 nearbyBirmingham International station in 1976, express electric trains took just 90 minutes to run betweenBirmingham New Street andLondon Euston and called at Hampton-in-Arden, providing not only an extra commuter stop between Birmingham and Coventry but also served passengers usingBirmingham 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 separatelyGrade 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 originalWatford 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.
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 theCoventry bound platform. The nearest station with full step free access isBerkswell.
Hampton-in-Arden is served by two trains per hour each way, toBirmingham New Street northbound and toLondon Euston viaNorthampton southbound. Some services to/fromLondon Euston are split atNorthampton with one service running betweenBirmingham New Street andNorthampton and another betweenNorthampton andLondon Euston. The evening service towardsLondon Euston is reduced to one train per hour.
On Sundays there is an hourly service each way betweenBirmingham New Street andLondon Euston viaNorthampton. There are some longer gaps of over 2 hours in services towardsCoventry.[6]
All services are operated byWest Midlands Trains. Most services are operated under theLondon Northwestern Railway brand but some services (mainly early morning and late night services which start/terminate atCoventry) operate under theWest Midlands Railway brand.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Birmingham International towardsBirmingham New Street | London Northwestern Railway London–Birmingham | Berkswell towardsLondon Euston | ||
| West Midlands Railway Limited service | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | Midland Railway Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway | Maxstoke Line and station closed | ||
