Chase Line

Chase Line
Chase Line

Map of the Chase Line. Not to scale.
Overview
Type Suburban rail, Heavy rail
System National Rail
Status Operational
Locale Worcestershire
West Midlands
West Midlands (region)
Operation
Owner Network Rail
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) Standard gauge
[v · d · e]Chase/Walsall Line
Legend
Continuation backward
West Coast Main Line to Crewe
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
35:56 Stafford Car parking
Continuation to left Unknown BSicon "ABZrl" Track turning from right
Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line to Wolverhampton
Station on track
26:35 Rugeley Trent Valley Car parking
Track turning from left Unknown BSicon "ABZrl" Continuation to right
Trent Valley Line to Rugby
Junction from left Non-passenger terminus from right
Rugeley B Power Station
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
25:10 Rugeley Town
Unknown BSicon "eHST"
Brindley Heath
Station on track
20:68 Hednesford Car parking
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
18:79 Cannock Car parking
Unknown BSicon "AKRZ-UKu"
M6 Toll motorway
Unknown BSicon "eBHF"
Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay closed 1964
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
16:75 Landywood Car parking
Unrestricted border on track
Limit of Centro operated area
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
14:64 Bloxwich North Free car parking
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
14:15 Bloxwich
Unknown BSicon "eBHF"
Birchills
Straight track Unknown BSicon "exSTRrg" Unknown BSicon "exCONTl"
former South Staffordshire Line to Lichfield
Track turning left Unknown BSicon "xABZdg" Continuation to right
Sutton Park Line
Unknown BSicon "exCONTr" Unknown BSicon "eABZlg"
Wolverhampton and Walsall Ry to Wolverhampton
Enter and exit tunnel
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
11:13 Walsall
Continuation to left Junction to right
Walsall to Wolverhampton Line
Unknown BSicon "exCONTr" Unknown BSicon "eABZrd"
South Staffordshire Line to Stourbridge
Unknown BSicon "AKRZ-UKu"
M6 motorway
Continuation to left Junction from right
to Wolverhampton
Station on track
9:20 Bescot Stadium Free car parking
Non-passenger station/depot on track
Bescot freight yard
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
8:21 Tame Bridge Parkway Free car parking
Underwater tunnel
Tame bridge canal
Unknown BSicon "AKRZ-UKu"
M5 motorway
Unknown BSicon "eBHF"
Newton Road closed 1945
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
5:49 Hamstead
Continuation to left Track turning from right Straight track
to Wolverhampton
Unknown BSicon "ABZld" Unknown BSicon "ABZrd"
Soho Junctions (left) and Perry Barr Junctions
Straight track Station on track
4:06 Perry Barr
Straight track Unknown BSicon "ACC"
3:18 Witton
Straight track Unknown BSicon "AKRZ-UKu"
A38(M) motorway
Straight track Junction from left Continuation to right
Cross-City Line
Straight track Unknown BSicon "ACC"
2:41 Aston
Straight track Junction to left Continuation to right
to Stechford
Straight track Unknown BSicon "ACC"
1:26 Duddeston
Unknown BSicon "ACC" Straight track
0:00 Birmingham New Street Car parking
Enter and exit tunnel Straight track
New Street South Tunnels
Junction to left Track turning right
Proof House Junction
Abbreviated in this map
Unknown BSicon "ACC"
Birmingham International Car parking
Continuation forward
West Coast Main Line to Coventry
Free car parking - Centro free car parking
Car parking - Other car parking
Distances are shown in miles and chains

The Chase Line is the railway line from Birmingham New Street to Walsall and Rugeley.

Contents

Overview

The line from Birmingham to Walsall (sometimes referred to as the Walsall Line) has two alternative routes, both of which are electrified at 25 kV AC overhead. Of the two routes, one leaves New Street from the east, following the Cross-City Line as far as Aston, where it diverges to the west. The other route leaves New Street from the west, and travels via Soho. Beyond Walsall, the line is not electrified, and continues north to Hednesford and Rugeley. The section from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley was previously freight-only, and reopened to passenger trains in stages between 1989 and 1998.

Places served on the route are listed below. For information on the stations, please refer to the list in the route map.

Chase Line (Walsall-Rugeley)

Walsall Line (Birmingham-Walsall)

Passenger services on the line are operated by London Midland on behalf of Centro.

History

The line running via Aston, Perry Barr and Bescot is the former Grand Junction Railway, opened in 1837.

The section between Walsall and Cannock was constructed by the South Staffordshire Railway Company.

The section between Cannock and Rugeley was constructed by the Cannock Mineral Railway Company.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there are four trains per hour from Birmingham New Street to Walsall. Two per hour call at all stations and are operated by Class 323 Electric Multiple Units. The other two per hour are operated by Class 170 Diesel Multiple Units. These trains call at Tame Bridge Parkway, Walsall and then continue to Rugeley Trent Valley with one train calling at all stations and one train skipping certain stations between Walsall and Rugeley. Monday to Saturday evenings and all day Sunday, there are two trains per hour (one stopping and one semi-fast) between Walsall and Birmingham and an hourly service to Rugeley Trent Valley.

From December 2010, the Rugeley service will be cut from half-hourly to hourly on weekdays due to lack of funding, however they introduced an Walsall to Birmingham New Street fast only stopping at Tame Bridge Parkway these services used to start from Rugeley Trent Valley.

Class 150/1, no. 150121 at Kidderminster on 15th October 2004. This unit is typical of the DMUs that run on the Chase line. They were operated by Central Trains and is shown in the Centro livery, but the route was transferred to London Midland's schedule in late 2007.

Reopening

The line between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley closed to passengers in 1965, although it remained as a freight–only line. It reopened in stages, as follows:

  • 10 April 1989 — Walsall to Hednesford
  • 2 June 1997 — Hednesford to Rugeley Town
  • 25 May 1998 — Rugeley Town to Stafford
  • 12 December 2008 — Chase Line trains are withdrawn from the Stafford - Rugeley Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line

References

  • A Century of Railways Around Birmingham and the West Midlands, Volume 3 1973-1999, John Boynton.
  • Quail Railway Track Diagrams, Volume 4: Midlands & North West (ISBN 0-9549866-0-1)

External links


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