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Birmingham New Street Station

Birmingham New Street National Rail Midland Metro
2015-09-23 Birmingham New St Station.jpg
The east end of the station. Note the newly rebuilt and refurbished building which opened in 2015.
Location
Place Birmingham
Local authority City of Birmingham
Coordinates 52°28′40″N 1°53′56″W / 52.47777°N 1.89885°W / 52.47777; -1.89885Coordinates: 52°28′40″N 1°53′56″W / 52.47777°N 1.89885°W / 52.47777; -1.89885
Grid reference SP069866
Operations
Station code BHM
Managed by Network Rail
Number of platforms 13 (1-12a, 1-12b + 4c, which is a separate platform at the end of 4b)
DfT category A
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12 Increase 31.213 million
– Interchange  Increase 5.104 million
2012/13 Increase 32.090 million
– Interchange  Increase 5.165 million
2013/14 Increase 34.748 million
– Interchange  Increase 5.194 million
2014/15 Increase 35.313 million
– Interchange  Increase 5.379 million
2015/16 Increase 39.077 million
– Interchange  Increase 5.825 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Transport for West Midlands
Zone 1
History
Original company London & North Western Railway
1 June 1854 First opened
8 February 1885 Extension opened
1964-1967 Rebuilt
2010-2015 Redeveloped
National RailUK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birmingham New Street from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Grand Central
Midland Metro
Midland Metro tram stop
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Two trams at Grand Central tram stop, the one on the left arriving, and the one on the right about to depart for Wolverhampton.
Location Stephenson Street
Birmingham city centre
Birmingham
England
Line(s) Line 1 (Birmingham – Wolverhampton)
Platforms 2
History
Opened 30 May 2016 (2016-05-30)
Traffic
Passengers N/A

Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in the city centre of Birmingham, England. It is a central hub of the British railway system. It is a major destination for Virgin Trains services from London Euston, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley via the West Coast Main Line, and the national hub of the CrossCountry network – the most extensive in Britain, with long-distance trains serving destinations from Aberdeen to Penzance. It is also a major hub for local and suburban services within the West Midlands, including those on the Cross City Line between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch and the Chase Line to Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley.

The station is named after New Street, which runs parallel to the station, although the station has never had a direct entrance to New Street except via the Shopping Centre. Historically the main entrance to the station was on Stephenson Street, just off New Street. Today the station has entrances on Stephenson Street, Smallbrook Queensway, Hill Street and Navigation Street.


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