RailwayData | Tamworth Station
 Tamworth 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Tamworth had 944,716 entries and exits, making it the 475th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
475/2575
It ranked 411st busiest (out of 997), with 818 scheduled services per week.
411/997
That's a daily average of 2588.26 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 22.21 passengers per service*, giving it the 420th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
420/1659
* This increases to a daily average of 3143.99 passengers passing through the station and 31.75 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 414,442
Reduced price entries & exits: 472,394
Season ticket entries & exits: 57,880
Total entries & exits: 944,716
Interchanges made between connecting services: 202,840
Change in usage from 21/22: +110,702 : 13.27%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down245890
Up245890
Down2921061
Up3211167
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
003Crewe, Birmingham & Coventry - LondonOct24
179Crewe, Stoke & Stafford - Rugeley - Nuneaton & LondonOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +546,519 (+137.25%)

Reasons for change:
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Midlands PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.6% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Tamworth
CRS: TAM / NLC: 1322 / TIPLOC(S): TMWTHLL, AMNGTNJ
Station Facility Owner: West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway)
OS Grid Ref: 421288 304467
Constituency: Tamworth
Local Authority: Staffordshire
NR Region: West Midlands
ELR: DBP1 23m 55ch, LEC2 109m 79ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Tamworth during 2022/2023:
•Birmingham New Street (170,092 journeys)
•London Euston (101,435 journeys)
•Burton-On-Trent (18,280 journeys)
•Derby (16,406 journeys)
•Nottingham (13,045 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Tamworth's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Burton-On-Trent12.98
Lichfield Trent Valley6.25
Polesworth3.51
Wilnecote (Staffs)1.86