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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 ...
Work on the reopening of the intermediate stations on the Camp Hill line began in autumn 2022, and the stations had been due to open by the December 2023 timetable change, with two services per hour along the line, [18] giving Kings Norton six trains an hour to Birmingham New Street once again, a practice that was paused because of reduced ...
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 Marylebone.
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.
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 currently disused termini platform 5 and the proposed new platform 6 at Moor Street. The reinstatement of local rail services to the former Camp Hill line has been a long-term aspiration of the city, [5] and during 2007, Birmingham City Council announced that they were looking into the possibility of reopening the line between Kings Norton and Birmingham Moor Street via the construction of ...
An hourly long-distance service to/from Liverpool Lime Street via Runcorn run by London Northwestern Railway also calls, originating at Birmingham New Street operated by Class 350 EMUs. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] A service to and from Shrewsbury via Telford Central also calls operated by Class 196 DMUs , hourly off-peak with 2tph at peak times.
In 2021–22, the Cross-City Line's 24 stations (excluding New Street) had combined passenger numbers of 12.4 million, [32] The busiest station on the route besides Birmingham New Street is University, with 3.05 million passenger entries and exits, and the least busy station is Alvechurch with 151,042 passenger entries and exits in 2023/24.