Birmingham International railway station
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General information | |
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Location | Birmingham Airport, Bickenhill, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull England |
Coordinates | 52°27′04″N 1°43′30″W / 52.451°N 1.725°W |
Grid reference | SP187837 |
Managed by | Avanti West Coast |
Transit authority | Transport for West Midlands |
Platforms | 5 |
Other information | |
Station code | BHI |
Fare zone | 5 |
Classification | DfT category B |
History | |
Original company | British Rail |
Key dates | |
26 January 1976 | Opened |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 6.975 million |
Interchange | 152,468 |
2019/20 | 6.520 million |
Interchange | 151,316 |
2020/21 | 0.512 million |
Interchange | 33,453 |
2021/22 | 2.411 million |
Interchange | 92,898 |
2022/23 | 4.185 million |
Interchange | 258,069 |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Birmingham International is a
History
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 southbound platforms suggests an allowance for future station expansion.
In 2016, it was proposed to rename it to Birmingham Airport & NEC, due to the airport's name change and the near presence of the National Exhibition Centre.[2]
Services
The station is managed by Avanti West Coast and is also served by CrossCountry, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Trains. It has five platforms, consisting of two islands and one side platform numbered 1–5 from south to north.
The basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is as follows:
- 2tph to London Euston (1 calling at Rugby, Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction). All services call at Coventry.
- 2tph to Birmingham New Street
- 1tph extends northbound to Preston via Wolverhampton and Wigan North Western.
- 2 trains per day (tpd) run further to Blackpool North only, with 1 train every 2 hours running to Edinburgh (6tpd) and 4 trains per day (tpd) running to Glasgow Central. Services to Scotland run via Carlisle.
- 1tph extends northbound to Preston via Wolverhampton and Wigan North Western.
At peak times some Avanti West Coast services to/from London Euston start and terminate here.
- 1tph to Manchester Piccadilly via Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield
- 1tph to Bournemouth, via Coventry and Reading
Transport for Wales Rail:[5][6]
- 1 tph to Shrewsbury, of which:
- 1 tp2h continues to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, after dividing at Machynlleth
- 1 tp2h continues to Holyhead via Wrexham General and Chester. One service in the evening runs to each of Llandudno (Monday to Friday only) and Manchester Piccadilly via Warrington Bank Quay. One Saturday evening service terminates at Crewe, with the last two Chester-bound services on Sundays running via Crewe.
- 4 tph to Birmingham New Street, of which:
- 2 tph to London Northwestern Railway brand.[9]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Avanti West Coast | ||||
CrossCountry | ||||
London Northwestern Railway London – Northampton – Birmingham | ||||
Terminus | Transport for Wales | |||
Transport for Wales Birmingham International - Aberystwyth/Pwllheli | ||||
Terminus | West Midlands Railway Birmingham International – Walsall – Rugeley Trent Valley | |||
Preceding station | AirRail Link
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Following station | ||
Terminus | AirRail Link (Formerly Maglev) |
Birmingham Airport |
Connection to Birmingham Airport
A
The chosen replacement system, the
The airport can also be reached via a dedicated fast bus service from
Connection to the National Exhibition Centre
Undercover walkways, escalators and travelators connect the NEC buildings to the station and to the Air-Rail Link which, in turn, connects to Birmingham Airport.
Birmingham Interchange
A new
References
- ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Jones, Tamlyn; Bannister, Antonia (30 August 2016). "Birmingham International train station to change its name". CoventryLive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ "Scheduled timetable book for 10 December 2023 to 1 June 2024" (PDF). Avanti West Coast.
- ^ "Train Timetables | Scotland, North East & Manchester to the South West and South Coast | Sunday 10 December 2023 – Saturday 01 June 2024" (PDF). CrossCountry Trains. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Train Times | 21 May - 9 September 2023 | Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Chester" (PDF). Transport for Wales Rail. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Cambrian | Train Times | 21 May - 9 September 2023 | Birmingham-Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth-Pwllheli" (PDF). Transport for Wales Rail. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Birmingham International". West Midlands Railway. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Train timetables and schedules | Birmingham International". London Northwestern Railway. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Timetable | London Euston-Northampton-Milton Keynes Central-Birmingham New Street | from 21 May until 9 December 2023". London Northwestern Railway. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "Train times | 10 December until 1 June 2024 | Rugeley to Birmingham New Street via Walsall". West Midlands Railway.
- ISBN 978-0-10-178272-2. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2010.