The Hawthorns station

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Coordinates: 52.505° N 1.964° W

The Hawthorns

Location

Place

West Bromwich

Local authority

Sandwell

Operations

Managed by

Central Trains

Platforms in use

2 (train) + 2 (metro)

Annual Passenger Usage

2004/05 **

97,942

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

West Midlands

Zone

History

1995

Opened

National Rail - UK railway stations

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U V W X Y Z

Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at The Hawthorns (source)

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UK Rail Portal

The Hawthorns station is a railway station and tram stop, opened in 1995 in Sandwell, England, very near the border with Birmingham. The station serves both Midland Metro (opened 1999) and the third cross city line from Leamington Spa to Kidderminster via Birmingham Snow Hill, operated by Central Trains. The station shares its name with the local football ground, The Hawthorns, the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C., which it serves.

The station sits on part of the site once occupied by The Hawthorns Halt which was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1931, on their line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level. It served football specials and as such was not deemed worthy of 'station' status. It was comprised of three platforms: platform 3 catering for return travel to Stourbridge, with platforms 1 and 2 being sited the other side of Halfords Lane. The halt closed in 1968.

Pedestrian and vehicular access is via Halfords Lane.

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Train times and station information for The Hawthorns station from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of The Hawthorns station from Multimap.com

Rail Around Birmingham entry

National Rail
Preceding station	Midland Metro Lines		Following station
Handsworth, Booth Street		Line 1	Kenrick Park
Jewellery Quarter		Central Trains Snow Hill-Worcester	Smethwick Galton Bridge
Jewellery Quarter		Chiltern Railways London-Kidderminster Peak hours only	Smethwick Galton Bridge

Railway stations in the West Midlands county
Main line:	Birmingham International Birmingham New Street Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham Snow Hill Coventry Wolverhampton
Local:	Acocks Green Adderley Park Aston Berkswell Bescot Stadium Blake Street Bloxwich Bloxwich North Bordesley Bournville Butlers Lane Canley Chester Road Coseley Cradley Heath Dorridge Duddeston Dudley Port Earlswood Erdington Five Ways Four Oaks Gravelly Hill Hall Green Hampton-in-Arden Hamstead Jewellery Quarter Kings Norton Langley Green Lea Hall Longbridge Lye Marston Green Northfield Old Hill Olton Perry Barr Rowley Regis Sandwell and Dudley Selly Oak Shirley Small Heath Smethwick Galton Bridge Smethwick Rolfe Street Solihull Spring Road Stechford Stourbridge Junction Stourbridge Town Sutton Coldfield Tame Bridge Parkway The Hawthorns Tile Hill Tipton Tyseley University Walsall Whitlocks End Widney Manor Witton Wylde Green Wythall Yardley Wood
Disused:	Blowers Green Brettell Lane Brierley Hill Brockmoor Halt Bromley Halt Brownhills Curzon Street Dudley Great Bridge North Handsworth & Smethwick Harts Hill Moseley Round Oak Pelsall Pensnett Halt Rushall Soho & Winson Green Wednesbury Town West Bromwich Wolverhampton Low Level
Heritage:	Birmingham Railway Museum Halt
Midland Metro:	Bilston Central Birmingham Snow Hill Black Lake Bradley Lane The Crescent (Bilston) Dartmouth Street Dudley Street, Guns Village Handsworth, Booth Street The Hawthorns Jewellery Quarter Kenrick Park Lodge Road, West Bromwich Town Hall Loxdale Priestfield The Royal Soho, Benson Road St. Paul's Trinity Way Wednesbury, Great Western Street Wednesbury Parkway West Bromwich Central Winson Green, Outer Circle Wolverhampton, St. George's
Transport in the West Midlands Centro Midland Metro