Where is Hamstead Station?

Hamstead Station is on Old Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1NJ

 

In brief

The Grand Junction Railway opened a station at Hamstead in 1837. It was named Hamstead and Great Barr. It was renamed to Great Barr by the London and North Western Railway in 1875 (the successor to GJR). The station is on the Chase Line between Birmingham New Street and Walsall. South of the station, the Soho loop bypasses Perry Barr via Soho. The line through the station was electrified in 1966. The station was renamed to Hamstead in 1974. Occasionally when the nearby River Tame overflows during a storm, the station gets flooded. There is two trains an hour in both directions on the Walsall to Wolverhampton via Birmingham New Street Line.

London Northwestern Railway 350409 arrives at Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Hamstead Station - details

Hamstead Station is on the Old Walsall Road in Hamstead, and is near the no 16 bus route between Great Barr and Birmingham.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The station is quite small, it has two platforms.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Platform 1 is for trains to Birmingham, while platform 2 for trains to Walsall.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The platform 2 entrance is on Old Walsall Road.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

While the platform 1 entrance is from Rocky Lane.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Heading down to platform 1 from Rocky Lane, if you want to get a train towards Birmingham New Street.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Ticket office on the left.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Posters below the Hamstead Station sign on the ticket office building.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Also a ticket machine outside the station building (can also buy e-tickets from the West Midlands Railway app).

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

On platform 2 there is a new (looking) passenger ramp and steps up to Old Walsall Road.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

The direction towards Perry Barr and Birmingham.

Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Shelter on platform 1.

Hamstead Station (November 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

Trains

In June 2023, the Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton line was closed for engineering works, so some trains such as this Cross Country Voyager was diverted via this line.

Cross Country Voyager divert passing Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

London Northwestern Railway 350 262 arrives on a service from Birmingham New Street to Walsall.

London Northwestern Railway 350 262 at Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown

 

It was not going to Wolverhampton as that part of the line was closed for engineering works.

London Northwestern Railway 350 262 at Hamstead Station (June 2023). Photography by Elliott Brown