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In 1846, the LNWR had obtained an act of Parliament, the London and Birmingham Railway (New Street Station) Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccclix), to extend their line into the centre of Birmingham, which involved the acquisition of some 1.2 hectares (3 acres) of land and the demolition of around 70 houses in Peck Lane, The Froggery, Queen Street ...
1 tph runs to Birmingham New Street only. CrossCountry: 1 tph to Nottingham via Derby. 1 train per day (tpd) to Stansted Airport via Nuneaton, Leicester, Peterborough and Cambridge. On Sundays: West Midlands Railway: 2 tph to Lichfield Trent Valley, calling at all stations; 1 tph to Birmingham New Street, calling at Five Ways and Birmingham New ...
Platform 4 for services from North Wales to Manchester. The platforms are not bidirectional, except that the slow line between the station and Winwick Junction, some 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) to the north. This allows northbound departures from platform 1. The present platform 4 was numbered 5 for many years, because there was to be a north ...
The Snow Hill Lines is the collective name for the railway lines running through Birmingham Snow Hill, and Birmingham Moor Street stations in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [1] [2] They form an important part of the suburban rail network of Birmingham, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. All other lines to/through Birmingham use Birmingham New Street ...
The station was designed by the architect Ray Moorcroft and opened on 26 January 1976; [1] it has regular train services to many parts of the country. It was named Birmingham International after the adjacent airport, which had at the time that name but is today called simply Birmingham Airport. A large space under the overbridge next to the ...
The two through platforms at Moor Street Birmingham Moor Street's booking hall. 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
However, in 2002, the original Moor Street station was renovated by the Birmingham Alliance and Chiltern Railways at a cost of £11 million, and converted into a shopping and refreshment area connected to the new platforms. The Harborne Branch Line opened in 1875, connecting New Street to the outlying suburb of Harborne.
Birmingham New Street Signal Box is a railway signal box in Birmingham, central England.It is situated on the corner of Brunel and Navigation Streets and at the west end of the platforms of Birmingham New Street railway station.