{{Short description|Future railway station in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox station | name = Birmingham Interchange | symbol_location = gb | symbol = rail | image = File: Birmingham interchange.png | caption = Planned location | borough = [[Bickenhill]], Solihull | country = England | coords = {{coord|52.45243|N|1.70709|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline, title}} | grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]] | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SP199839|25|SP199839}} | platforms = 4 (2 [[island platform]]s)<ref name="DftMap">{{cite web|url=http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/hs2-maps-20120110/hs2arp00drrw05303issue2.pdf|title=Birmingham International Interchange Station - drawing number HS2-ARP-00-DR-RW-05303}}</ref> | tracks = 6 | opening = 2027–2028 (planned) }} {{High Speed 2 RDT}} '''Birmingham Interchange''' is a planned [[High Speed 2]] (HS2) railway station in [[Solihull]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Station designs unveiled for HS2 route |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-45795254 |access-date=1 July 2020 |work=BBC News |date=9 October 2018}}</ref> Construction is expected to finish in 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interchange |url=https://www.hs2.org.uk/building-hs2/stations/interchange/ |access-date=13 November 2024 |website=HS2 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Unlike the city centre based [[Birmingham Curzon Street railway station]], this will be a [[Park and ride|parkway]] station, serving the east side of Birmingham and surrounding urban areas.<ref name="HS2">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=15 April 2020|title=HS2 Phase One full business case|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-phase-one-full-business-case|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419044453/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-phase-one-full-business-case |archive-date=19 April 2020 |access-date=3 February 2021|website=www.gov.uk|publisher=Department for Transport|ref=HS2}}</ref>
== History == The station was designed by [[Arup Group|Arup]], with support from Churchman Thornhill Finch, achieving [[BREEAM]] ‘Outstanding’ certification, the first railway station in the world to do so, with measures to maximise daylight, LED lighting, reusing rainwater from its roof, and air source heat pumps.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arup designed HS2 Interchange Station becomes first railway station in world to achieve top sustainability certification |url=https://www.arup.com/en/news-and-events/hs2-interchange-station-becomes-first-railway-station-to-achieve-sustainability-certification |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=www.arup.com |language=en}}</ref> In June 2021, HS2 invited companies to bid for a £370{{nbsp}}million contract to build the station.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duggan|first=Jamie|date=13 June 2021|title=Tender open for new £370m HS2 Interchange Station in the Midlands|url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/06/tender-open-for-new-370m-hs2-interchange-station-in-the-midlands.html|url-status=live|access-date=15 June 2021|website=RailAdvent|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613230900/https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/06/tender-open-for-new-370m-hs2-interchange-station-in-the-midlands.html|archive-date=13 June 2021}}</ref>
[[Skanska]], Unity (a joint venture with [[Sir Robert McAlpine]] and [[VolkerFitzpatrick]], with support from WSP) and [[Laing O’Rourke]] were shortlisted. Laing O’Rourke was subsequently awarded the contract in July 2022 for its detailed design.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hakimian |first=Rob |date=11 July 2022 |title=Laing O’Rourke wins £370M HS2 Interchange station job |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/laing-orourke-wins-370m-hs2-interchange-station-job-11-07-2022/ |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=New Civil Engineer |language=en}}</ref> As of 2025, initial works are ongoing, including the building of a road bridge over the station, and main construction will commence in early 2026.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/hs2-solihull-15-bridge-beams-installed-interchange-station |title=HS2 Solihull: 15 Bridge Beams Installed at Interchange Station}}</ref>
The station will have four platforms, made of two {{convert|415|m|ft|adj=mid|-long|abbr=on}} platform islands. There will also be capacity for through-running services on two centrally placed tracks, leading to a total of six tracks. The station structure will be formed by a steel and [[glulam]] timber frame, with repeating structural forms on a nine by nine grid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HS2 Interchange Station: An exemplar project for integrating safe by design principles |url=https://learninglegacy.hs2.org.uk/document/hs2-interchange-station-an-exemplar-project-for-integrating-safe-by-design-principles/ |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=HS2 Learning Legacy |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Services== Current service proposals suggest five trains per hour will stop at Birmingham Interchange, in each direction. Journey time from this station to London is planned to be 38{{nbsp}}minutes.<ref name="HS2" />
==Transport links== A proposed {{convert|17|km|abbr=in}} long branch of the [[West Midlands Metro]] would terminate at this station, connecting it to the local tram network.<ref>{{Cite web|title=East Birmingham to Solihull Metro Extension – Midland Metro Alliance|url=https://metroalliance.co.uk/projects/east-birmingham-solihull-extension/|access-date=30 July 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref>
The station will be built on a triangular piece of land, surrounded by the [[M42 motorway]], [[A446]] and [[A45 road|A45]], and will be linked to the [[National Exhibition Centre]], [[Birmingham Airport]] and [[Birmingham International railway station]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Department for Transport |url=http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm78/7827/7827.pdf |title=High Speed Rail - Command Paper |date=11 March 2010 |publisher=[[The Stationery Office]] |isbn=978-0-10-178272-2 |page=118 |access-date=13 March 2010}}</ref> by a [[HS2 automated people mover|people mover]]. The people mover will have a capacity of over 2,100 passengers per hour in each direction in the peak period.<ref name="HS2" />
== References == {{reflist}}
{{High Speed 2 articles}} {{Current rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom}}
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