For other uses, see Birmingham railway station (disambiguation).

The Birmingham station group is a station group of three railway stations in Birmingham city centre, consisting of New Street, Moor Street, and Snow Hill. The station group is printed on national railway tickets as BIRMINGHAM STNS and does not include the airport station of Birmingham International, which is located approximately 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east of the city centre next to Birmingham Airport and National Exhibition Centre.

There are two other railway stations in central Birmingham – Five Ways on the Cross-City Line and Jewellery Quarter on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line.

Stations

Birmingham New Street

Main article: Birmingham New Street railway station

Birmingham New Street is Birmingham's principal railway station and one of the principal stations of the UK rail network.[1] The station is managed by Network Rail[2] and its main entrance is located on Stephenson Street. New Street is the main gateway for most people arriving in the city and serves most of the city rail services, providing links all across the United Kingdom. Services are provided by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Trains.[3]

Train

Avanti West Coast

  • 3 tph to , all trains calling at and , of which 1 tph call additionally at , and
  • 1 tph to via , and , with services alternating between extending towards (2 tpd), (1 tp2h) and (5 tpd)

CrossCountry

  • 2 tph to via , and
  • 2 tph to , with 1 tph continuing on to and 2 tpd continuing to each of and
  • 2 tph to via
  • 1 tph to via , and
  • 2 tph to via , of which 1 tph continues to via , of which 1 tp2h continues to
  • 1 tph to via , and .
  • 1 tph to via and , of which 1 tpd continues to each of and via

West Midlands Railway

  • 2 tph to
  • 2 tph to
  • 2 tph to
  • 2 tph to via Four Oaks
  • 2 tph to
  • 2 tph to
  • 2 tph to via Walsall
  • 2 tph to
  • 1 tph to via &
  • 2 tph to via and
  • 2 tph to

London Northwestern Railway

  • 2 tph to via &
  • 1 tph to via and , 2 tph on Saturdays

Transport for Wales

  • 1 tph to
  • 1 tph to , continuing alternately to and , or /

Tram

The Grand Central stop of the West Midlands Metro is located outside the Stephenson Street exit, with trams running between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton Station/St Georges, services run at up to an 8 minute frequency.

Birmingham Moor Street

Main article: Birmingham Moor Street railway station

Birmingham Moor Street is the city's second busiest station[4] and is currently served by local trains for the lines through Shirley and Henley-in-Arden to Stratford-upon-Avon and to Leamington via Solihull, and Chiltern Clubman services to London Marylebone. Chiltern also operate a limited number of weekday services from Marylebone terminating at Moor Street formed of class 67 locomotives and hauled coaching stock. On summer Sundays it is used by steam locomotives running tourist specials between Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon and trains between Snow Hill and Tyseley for Vintage Trains. The station is located on Moor Street Queensway opposite the Pavilions Shopping Centre and the Bull Ring. Services are provided by Chiltern Railways and West Midlands Trains.

Birmingham Snow Hill

Main article: Birmingham Snow Hill railway station

Birmingham Snow Hill is located on Colmore Row and Livery Street and is managed by West Midlands Trains. Snow Hill provides a link between the Snow Hill Lines and the West Midlands Metro.

Chiltern Railways

West Midlands Railway

Connections

Tickets marked as BIRMINGHAM STNS may be used to exit the railway network at any of the three city stations, as stated above Birmingham International is not part of the station group. All three city centre stations are less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from each other, with the shortest distance being between Moor Street and New Street. Birmingham New Street is approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Snow Hill[5] and a quarter mile walk from Moor Street.[6]

A direct and regular train service is in operation between Moor Street and Snow Hill through a tunnel, and since mid-2016 the Midland Metro provides a link between Snow Hill and New Street.[7]

Birmingham New Street and Moor Street are close to the major shopping centres in the city including Grand Central (formerly known as The Pallasades) and the Bullring. All three stations have a good interchange with bus services mostly operated by National Express West Midlands.[8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "UK: 100 Busiest Railway Stations". The Geographist. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Our stations". Network Rail. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Birmingham & West Midlands Regional Map". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Station usage 2016-17 data". Office of Rail and Road. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ Map of route from Snow Hill to New Street station (walking). Google Maps.
  6. ^ Map of route from New Street to Moor Street station (walking). Google Maps.
  7. ^ "Midland Metro News". Centro. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05.
  8. ^ "Birmingham New Street Onward Journey Information". National Rail. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Birmingham Moor Street Onward Journey Information". National Rail. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Birmingham Snow Hill Onward Journey Information". National Rail. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

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