Birmingham New Street is Birmingham's principal railway station and one of the principal stations of the UK rail network. The station is managed by Network Rail and its main entrance is located on Stephenson Street. New Street is the main gateway for most people arriving in the city and serves most of the city rail services, providing links all across the United Kingdom. Services are provided by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Trains.
Train
Operates 3tph to London Euston some of which start at Wolverhapton using tilting Class 390 Pendolinos.
Operates 1tph to Glasgow Central or Edinburgh Waverley using tilting Class 221 Super Voyagers.
CrossCountry
1tph from Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport via Leicester and Peterborough using Class 170 Turbostars.
1tph from Cardiff Central to Nottingham via Derby using Class 170 Turbostars.
1tph from Edinburgh Waverley via Leeds to Plymouth using Voyagers and HSTs.
1tph from Manchester Piccadilly to Bristol Temple Meads using Class 220/221 Voyagers.
1tph from Newcastle via Doncaster to Reading using Class 220/221 Voyagers.
Some services continue towards Aberdeen, Guildford and Penzance. West Midlands Trains
Frequent Cross City services from Wolverhampton to Coventry/Northampton and from Lichfield to Redditch using Class 323 and Class 350 Desiro electric units.
Local services to Hereford, Rugeley, Shrewsbury, Walsall and Worcester using Class 150 and Class 153 Sprinters, and Class 170 Turbostars.
Regional services to London Euston via Northampton using Class 319 and Class 350 Desiros.
2 tph from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street via Crewe using Class 350 Desiros.
Transport for Wales
1tph alternate from Birmingham International to Aberystwyth/Pwllheli and Holyhead using Class 158 diesel multiple units.
Tram
services from Wolverhampton St. Georges terminate here, and run at up to a 6-8 minute frequency.
Birmingham Snow Hill is located on Colmore Row and Livery Street and is managed by West Midlands Trains. Snow Hill provides a link between the Snow Hill Lines and the West Midlands Metro.
Snow Hill is served by regular Chiltern services to and from London Marylebone. Some Chiltern services continue beyond Birmingham to Kidderminster. The Chiltern service is:
2 trains per hour in peak periods /1 tph off-peak to London Marylebone via,, and.
Local services
Local services from Snow Hill, like most local services in the West Midlands, are supported by Transport for West Midlands. They are operated by West Midlands Railway. There are six West Midlands Railway trains per hour passing through Snow Hill in each direction, running as follows: Eastbound:
3 trains per hour to :
3 trains per hour to
Westbound:
6 trains per hour to :
Metro
Connections
Tickets marked as BIRMINGHAM STNS may be used to exit the railway network at any of the three city stations, as stated above Birmingham International is not part of the station group. All three city centre stations are less than a mile from each other, with the shortest distance being between Moor Street and New Street. Birmingham New Street is a half mile walk from Snow Hill and a quarter mile walk from Moor 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. Birmingham New street and Moor Street are close to the major shopping centres in the city including Grand Central and the Bullring. All three stations have a good interchange with bus services mostly operated by National Express West Midlands.
