Birmingham station group

{{Main|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.{{cite web| url=https://thegeographist.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/stations-annual-traffic-uk/| title=UK: 100 Busiest Railway Stations| website=The Geographist| date=18 August 2014| access-date=3 July 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213635/https://thegeographist.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/stations-annual-traffic-uk/| archive-date=13 July 2015| url-status=dead}} The station is managed by Network Rail{{cite web| url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/| title=Our stations| website=Network Rail| access-date=30 April 2018}} 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.{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/static/images/structure/css/West%20Midlands%20v3.pdf| title=Birmingham & West Midlands Regional Map| website=National Rail Enquiries| access-date=30 April 2018}}

Avanti West Coast

• 3 tph to {{rws|Euston||London Euston}}, all trains calling at {{rws|Birmingham International}} and {{rws|Coventry}}, of which 1 tph call additionally at {{rws|Rugby}}, {{rws|Milton Keynes Central}} and {{rws|Watford Junction}}
• 1 tph to {{rws|Preston}} via {{stn|Wolverhampton}}, {{rws|Stafford}} and {{rws|Crewe}}, with services alternating between extending towards {{rws|Blackpool North}} (2 tpd), {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}} (1 tp2h) and {{rws|Glasgow Central}} (5 tpd)

CrossCountry

• 2 tph to {{stn|Manchester Piccadilly}} via {{stn|Wolverhampton}}, {{stnlnk|Stafford}} and {{stnlnk|Stoke-on-Trent}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Bristol Temple Meads}}, with 1tph continuing on to {{stnlink|Plymouth}} and 2tpd continuing to each of {{rws|Penzance}} and {{rws|Paignton}}
• 2 tph to {{stn|Nottingham}} via {{stnlink|Derby}}
• 1 tph to {{stnlink|Bournemouth}} via {{stnlnk|Oxford}}, {{rws|Reading}} and {{rws|Southampton Central}}
• 2 tph to {{rws|Leicester}} via {{rws|Nuneaton}}, of which 1 tph continues to {{rws|Cambridge}} via {{rws|Peterborough}}, of which 1 tp2h continues to {{rws|Stansted Airport}}
• 1 tph to {{stnlink|Cardiff Central}} via {{rws|Cheltenham Spa}}, {{rws|Gloucester}} and {{rws|Newport}}.
• 1 tph to {{rws|Edinburgh Waverley}} via {{stnlink|Leeds}} and {{rws|Newcastle}}, of which 1tpd continues to each of {{stnlink|Glasgow Central}} and {{stnlink|Aberdeen}} via {{rws|Dundee}}

West Midlands Railway

• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Bromsgrove}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Redditch}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Four Oaks}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Lichfield Trent Valley}} via Four Oaks
• 2 tph to {{stn|Wolverhampton}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Walsall}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Rugeley Trent Valley}} via Walsall
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Birmingham International}}
• 1 tph to {{stnlink|Hereford}} via {{rws|Bromsgrove}} & {{stnlink|Worcester Foregate Street}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlink|Shrewsbury}} via {{stn|Wolverhampton}} and {{rws|Telford Central}}

London Northwestern Railway

• 2 tph to {{rws|Euston||London Euston}} via {{stnlink|Coventry}} & {{stnlink|Northampton}}
• 1 tph to {{stnlink|Liverpool Lime Street}} via {{rws|Wolverhampton}} and {{stnlink|Crewe}}, 2 tph on Saturdays

Transport for Wales

• 1 tph to {{Stnlink|Birmingham International}}
• 1 tph to {{Stnlink|Shrewsbury}}, continuing alternately to {{rws|Chester}} and {{Stnlink|Holyhead}}, or {{Stnlink|Aberystwyth}}/{{Stnlink|Pwllheli}}

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{{rail line|previous={{rws|Birmingham International}}|next={{rws|Smethwick Galton Bridge}}|route=Transport for Wales
Birmingham - Wales|col={{KAW colour}} }}

{{rail line two to one|previous1={{rws|Birmingham International}}|previous2={{rws|Cheltenham Spa}}|next={{rws|Wolverhampton}}|route1=CrossCountry
Bournemouth - Manchester|route2=CrossCountry
Bristol - Manchester|col={{XC colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Leamington Spa}}|next={{rws|Derby}}|route=CrossCountry
Reading - Newcastle |col={{XC colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Cheltenham Spa}}|next={{rws|Tamworth}} or
{{rws|Burton-on-Trent}}|route=CrossCountry
Plymouth - Edinburgh|col={{XC colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|University|Birmingham}}
or Terminus|route=CrossCountry
Cardiff - Birmingham - Nottingham|next={{rws|Wilnecote}}
or {{rws|Tamworth}} |col={{XC colour}} }}

{{rail line|next={{rws|Water Orton}} or
{{rws|Coleshill Parkway}}|route=CrossCountry
Birmingham - Leicester - Stansted Airport|col={{XC colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|University|Birmingham}}|route=West Midlands Railway
Hereford - Birmingham|col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Sandwell & Dudley}}|route=West Midlands Railway
Shrewsbury - Birmingham|col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Aston}} or
{{rws|Duddeston}}|next={{rws|Five Ways}}|route=West Midlands Railway
Cross City Line |col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Duddeston}}|next={{rws|Smethwick Rolfe Street}}|route=West Midlands Railway
Walsall - Aston - Birmingham - Wolverhampton|col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{rail line|next={{rws|Tame Bridge Parkway}}|route=West Midlands Railway
Birmingham - Walsall - Rugeley|col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Adderley Park}}|route=West Midlands Railway
Birmingham International - Birmingham New Street|col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{rail line|next={{rws|Smethwick Galton Bridge}}
or {{rws|Coseley}}|route=London Northwestern Railway
Birmingham - Liverpool |col={{LNW colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Marston Green}}
or {{rws|Stechford}}|route=London Northwestern Railway
London - Birmingham |col={{LNW colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{rws|Birmingham International}}|next=Terminus or
{{rws|Sandwell & Dudley}}|route=Avanti West Coast
London - Birmingham - Scotland
London - Shrewsbury|col={{AWC colour}} }}

{{Historical Rail Insert}}

{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Monument Lane}}|next={{stnlnk|Duddeston}} or
{{stnlnk|Adderley Park}}|route=London & North Western Railway
Stour Valley Line|col={{LNWR colour}} }}

{{rail line |next={{stnlnk|Adderley Park}}|route=London & North Western Railway
Birmingham–Peterborough line|col={{LNWR colour}} }}

{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Five Ways}}|next={{stnlnk|Saltley}}|route=Midland Railway
Cross City Line|col={{MR colour}}}}

{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Camp Hill}}|route=Midland Railway
Camp Hill line|col={{MR colour}}}}

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West Midlands Metro services from Wolverhampton St. Georges terminate here, and run at up to a 6-8 minute frequency.

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{{tram line|previous=Corporation Street|route=Line 1|next=Town Hall|col={{Midland-Metro-colour|Line 1}}}}

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{{Main|Birmingham Moor Street railway station}}

File:Moor Street station platforms.jpg

File:Birmingham Moor Street Station.jpg's booking hall]]

Birmingham Moor Street is the city's second busiest station{{cite report| url=http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0012/26130/estimates-of-station-usage-2016-17.xlsx| title=Station usage 2016-17 data| website=Office of Rail and Road| access-date=30 April 2018}} 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.

{{rail start}}

{{rail line two to one |previous1=Birmingham Snow Hill |next=Solihull or
{{rws|Tyseley}}|route=Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Main Line |col={{Chiltern colour}} }}

{{rail line one to two |next1={{Stnlnk|Bordesley}}
on matchdays |next2=Small Heath |previous=Birmingham Snow Hill|route=West Midlands Railway
Leamington/Stratford-Worcester |col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{Heritage rail insert}}

{{rail line |next={{Stnlnk|Tyseley}} |previous=Birmingham Snow Hill|route=Vintage Trains
Shakespeare Express
July–September |col={{Temporary rail colour|800000}} }}

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{{Main|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

• 1 tp2h off-peak/ 1 train per hour (tph) in peak periods to London Marylebone via Solihull, Dorridge, Warwick, Leamington Spa, Banbury and High Wycombe.
• The first London-bound service begins at Stourbridge Junction.
• 3 tpd extend northwards in the evening peak to Stourbridge Junction, via Smethwick Galton Bridge and Rowley Regis.
• 1 tpd terminates short of London Marylebone at Leamington Spa.
• The last two London-bound services of the day terminate at Banbury.

West Midlands Railway

• 2 tph to Worcester Forgate Street, via Stourbridge Junction and Kidderminster, of which 1tph calls additionally at Worcester Shrub Hill.
• 2 tph to Kidderminster, via Stourbridge Junction.
• 2 tph to Dorridge, via Solihull, of which 1tph continues to Stratford-upon-Avon.
• 2 tph to Whitlocks End, oh which 1tph continues to Stratford-upon-Avon.

{{Main|West Midlands Metro}}

{{rail start}}

{{rail line |next={{rws|Birmingham Moor Street}} |previous={{rws|Jewellery Quarter}} |route=West Midlands Railway
Snow Hill Lines |col={{WMT colour}} }}

{{rail line two to one |next={{rws|Birmingham Moor Street}} |previous2={{rws|Jewellery Quarter}} |route=Chiltern Railways
London-Kidderminster |col={{Chiltern colour}} }}

{{Heritage rail insert}}

{{rail line |next={{rws|Birmingham Moor Street}} |route=Vintage Trains
Shakespeare Express
July–September |col={{Temporary rail colour|800000}} }}

{{Disused Rail Insert}}

{{rail line |next={{rws|Bordesley}} |previous=Hockley |route=Great Western Railway & BR
Various Routes (1854–1972) |col={{GWR colour}} }}

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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 a mile from each other, with the shortest distance being between Moor Street and New Street. Birmingham New Street is a half mile walk from Snow Hill{{cite map |publisher=Google Maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Stephenson+St&daddr=52.483,-1.899&hl=en&geocode=FWDCIAMdkgjj_w%3BFbjTIAMdCAbj_w&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=16&dirflg=w&sll=52.48001,-1.899927&sspn=0.009658,0.029075&ie=UTF8&ll=52.480755,-1.896193&spn=0.009657,0.029075&z=16/ |title =Map of route from Snow Hill to New Street station (walking)}} and a quarter mile walk from Moor Street.{{cite map |publisher=Google Maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=52.4784412,-1.8936751+to:Moor+St&geocode=FY--IAMdqQvj_w%3BFenBIAMd1Rrj_yn1TpGkiLxwSDGwY_jMI4sNEw%3BFarDIAMdQhzj_w&hl=en&mra=dvme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&via=1&dirflg=w&sll=52.478716,-1.892459&sspn=0.004829,0.014538&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17/ |title =Map of route from New Street to Moor Street station (walking)}}

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.{{cite web| url=https://www.centro.org.uk/transport/metro/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305103348/http://www.centro.org.uk/transport/metro| url-status=dead| archive-date=2014-03-05| title=Midland Metro News| website=Centro}}

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.{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/BHM.pdf| title=Birmingham New Street Onward Journey Information| website=National Rail| access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/BMO.pdf| title=Birmingham Moor Street Onward Journey Information| website=National Rail| access-date=30 April 2018}}{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/BSW.pdf| title=Birmingham Snow Hill Onward Journey Information| website=National Rail| access-date=30 April 2018}}

• Transport in Birmingham
• Network West Midlands
• UK Railway Station Groups

{{reflist}}

• https://web.archive.org/web/20111002160621/http://centro.journalistpresslounge.com/centro/news/index.cfm/fuseaction/details/id/BE043D85-13D3-97AA-2D4BEE37003FF84F/cnt/1/ref/main/type/News%20releases/ses/1.cfm

• [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/birmingham-new-street-station/departures-arrivals/ Station information] for Birmingham New Street from Network Rail
• [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/routes-and-destinations/Birmingham-Moor-Street Station information] for Birmingham Moor Street from Chiltern Railways
• [https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/station-information/bsw Station information] for Birmingham Snow Hill from West Midlands Railway
• [http://www.networkrail.co.uk/ Network Rail website]
• [https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/ West Midlands Railway official website]
• [https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/ London Northwestern Railway official website]
• [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/ Chiltern Railways official home page]
• [http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk CrossCountry official website]
• [http://www.tfwrail.wales Transport for Wales official website]
• [http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/ Virgin Trains web site]
• [http://www.nationalexpresswestmidlands.com National Express West Midlands website]
• http://www.nationalexpress.com/metro - midland metro homepage

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Category:Transport in the West Midlands (county)