Hamstead railway station
You can reach 22 stations directly from Hamstead on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birmingham New Street, with 73 trains a day.
Hamstead is the nearest station for postcodes in B42, B43, B44. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Hamstead
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street | 73 | 4 | 31 |
| Bescot Stadium | 73 | 4 | 31 |
| Tame Bridge Parkway | 73 | 4 | 31 |
| Walsall | 73 | 4 | 31 |
| Aston | 72 | 3 | 31 |
| Duddeston | 72 | 3 | 31 |
| Perry Barr | 72 | 3 | 31 |
| Witton | 72 | 3 | 31 |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | 67 | 1 | 30 |
| Wolverhampton | 67 | 1 | 30 |
| Coseley | 66 | 1 | 30 |
| Dudley Port | 66 | 1 | 30 |
| Sandwell and Dudley | 66 | 1 | 30 |
| Smethwick Rolfe Street | 66 | 1 | 30 |
| Tipton | 66 | 1 | 30 |
| Bloxwich | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Bloxwich North | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Cannock | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Hednesford | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Landywood | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Rugeley Trent Valley | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Rugeley Town | 7 | 3 | 0 |
How busy Hamstead is
230,862 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,296th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Hamstead and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 133,886 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 15 stations instead of 22, a drop of about 32%. Saturday runs to 22.
Nearest other stations
- Perry Barr 1.5 miles
- Witton 2.3 miles
- The Hawthorns 2.3 miles
- Tame Bridge Parkway 2.5 miles
- Jewellery Quarter 2.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Hamstead, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Handsworth Wood · 1.3 miles
- Newton Road · 1.6 miles
- Newton Road [2nd] · 1.8 miles
- Soho Road · 2.0 miles
- Handsworth and Smethwick · 2.2 miles
- Soho and Winson Green · 2.4 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.