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The Birmingham station group is a station group of three railway stations in Birmingham city centre, consisting of New Street, Moor Street, and Snow Hill. The station group is printed on national railway tickets as BIRMINGHAM STNS and does not include the international station of Birmingham International, which is located some 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of the city centre next to Birmingham Airport and National Exhibition Centre.
There are two other railway stations in central Birmingham, namely Five Ways in the south west of the city centre with connections on the New Street to Redditch line, and Jewellery Quarter in the north west of the city centre with connections on the Snow Hill to Worcester line and the West Midlands Metro.
Birmingham New Street is Birmingham's principal railway station and one of the principal stations of the UK rail network.[1] The station is managed by Network Rail[2] 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.[3]
Some services continue towards Aberdeen, Glasgow Central, Paignton and Penzance.
West Midlands Metro services from Wolverhampton St. Georges terminate here, and run at up to a 6-8 minute frequency.
| Preceding station |  Midland Metro
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Following station | ||
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| Corporation Street | Line 1 | Town Hall |
Birmingham Moor Street is the city's second busiest station[4] and is currently served by local trains the lines through Shirley and Henley-in-ArdentoStratford-upon-Avon and to Leamington via Solihull, and Chiltern Clubman services to London Marylebone. Chiltern also operate a limited number of weekday services from Marylebone terminating at Moor Street formed of class 67 locomotives and hauled coaching stock. On summer Sundays it is used by steam locomotives running tourist specials between Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon and trains between Snow Hill and Tyseley for Vintage Trains. The station is located on Moor Street Queensway opposite the Pavilions Shopping Centre and the Bull Ring. Services are provided by Chiltern Railways and West Midlands Trains.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Birmingham Snow Hill | Chiltern Railways Chiltern Main Line |
Solihullor Tyseley | ||
| Terminus | ||||
| Birmingham Snow Hill | West Midlands Railway Leamington/Stratford-Worcester |
Bordesley on matchdays | ||
| Small Heath | ||||
 Heritage railways
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| Birmingham Snow Hill | Vintage Trains Shakespeare Express July–September |
Tyseley | ||
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:[5]
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 (tph) passing through Snow Hill in each direction, running as follows:[6]
Eastbound:
Westbound:
| Preceding station | National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Jewellery Quarter | West Midlands Railway Snow Hill Lines |
Birmingham Moor Street | ||
| Terminus | Chiltern Railways London-Kidderminster |
Birmingham Moor Street | ||
| Jewellery Quarter | ||||
| Heritage railways
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| Terminus | Vintage Trains Shakespeare Express July–September |
Birmingham Moor Street | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Hockley | Great Western Railway & BR Various Routes (1854–1972) |
Bordesley | ||
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[7] and a quarter mile walk from Moor Street.[8]
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 the Bullring. All three stations have a good interchange with bus services mostly operated by National Express West Midlands.[10][11][12]
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