Birmingham station group

Birmingham New Street station sign

The Birmingham station group is a station group of three railway stations in Birmingham city centre, England consisting of New Street, Snow Hill and Moor Street. The station group is printed on national railway tickets as BIRMINGHAM STNS and does not include the international station of Birmingham International, which is located some 10 miles east of the city centre next to Birmingham Airport.

Stations

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 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 London Midland, Virgin Trains, Arriva Trains Wales and CrossCountry.

Moor Street's booking hall

Birmingham Moor Street station is the City's second busiest station and is managed by Chiltern Railways, the station is located on Moor Street Queensway opposite the Pavilions Shopping Centre and the Bull Ring. It has a direct rail link to Snow Hill station, as they both sit on the Snow Hill Lines, and has a direct rail service to London Marylebone via Leamington Spa, Banbury and High Wycombe. Services are provided by Chiltern Railways and London Midland.

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

Although not included in the station group, Five Ways and Bordesley stations are located on the outskirts of the city centre. These stations are not as practical as the city centre stations and Bordesley has a very limited service.

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 a mile from each other, with the shortest distance being between Moor Street and New Street.

A direct and regular train service is in operation between Moor Street and Snow Hill and from mid of 2016, the Midland Metro provides a link between Snow Hill and New Street.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UK: 100 Busiest Railway Stations". The Geopgraphist. 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Midland Metro News". Centro.
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