In 1839, Hampton-in-Arden became a junction station at the southern end of the Stonebridge Railway (part of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, which was one of the constituent companies that merged in 1844 to form the Midland Railway). This line, which connected with the Birmingham-Derby line at Whitacre Heath, closed to passengers in 1917 and to all traffic in 1935, following a bridge at Packington failing its safety inspection. A small section of the line to Whitacre remained at the Hampton-in-Arden end for use as a storage siding until it was officially closed in 1952, with the track finally being lifted in early 1963.