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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 ...
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. [9] 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 ...
Platforms at Longbridge, with a Central Trains service departing towards Birmingham New Street A West Midlands Railway train arriving at platform 1 in 2024. The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded Cross-City services operated using Class 730 electric multiple units. [6]
Birmingham International is a railway station known by code "BHI" in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England, just east of Birmingham. It is on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line 14 km (8.7 mi) east of Birmingham New Street railway station.
Since New Street does not have sufficient capacity for the new high-speed trains, a new dedicated high-speed railway station will be built at Curzon Street, partly on the site of the former station, and adjacent to Moor Street. [10] A new station called Birmingham Interchange will be opened adjacent to Birmingham International to serve the city ...
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 ...
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.
Platforms 2 (10-car) and 3 (8-car) are south-facing bay platforms generally used for stopping services to and from London King's Cross. Platform 4 is a bi-directional 12-car through platform generally used for northbound services to Ely, Norwich, King's Lynn and Birmingham New Street.