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Today's Moor Street station is a combination of the original station, opened in 1909 by the Great Western Railway as a terminus for local trains, and a newer Moor Street station with through platforms, a short distance from the original, which opened in 1987, replacing the original. The two were combined into one station in 2002, when the ...
Around 80% of train services to Birmingham go through New Street. [11] The other major city-centre stations in Birmingham are Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill. [67] Outside Birmingham, in Solihull, is Birmingham International, which serves Birmingham Airport and the National Exhibition Centre.
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 ...
Queen Victoria alighted at the station on 23 March 1887, while making a royal visit to nearby Small Heath Park and the city of Birmingham. [1] The station once had four platforms (both in an island configuration) in use, following the quadrupling of the line by the Great Western Railway in 1906, but only the western pair are now operational (as ...
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.
Birmingham 2 West Midlands Trains 24,180 10,038 9,088 Bournville: 1876 [22] Birmingham 3 West Midlands Trains 1.319 million 0.511 million 0.702 million Butlers Lane: 1957 [23] Birmingham 5 West Midlands Trains 0.246 million 0.116 million 0.142 million Canley: 1940 [24] Coventry: 5 West Midlands Trains 0.370 million 0.258 million 0.364 million ...