Birmingham International railway station
railway station at Birmingham Airport, Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK
Birmingham International is a railway station in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England; it lies just east of Birmingham. It serves Birmingham Airport, the National Exhibition Centre, the Resorts World Arena and Resorts World Birmingham. It lies on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line, 9 miles (14.5 km) east of Birmingham New Street.
History
The station was designed by the architect Ray Moorcroft and opened on 26 January 1976; it has regular train services to many parts of the country. 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 its presence near to the National Exhibition Centre. Despite claims that the station was named after the adjacent airport, it was eight years after the station's opening before the airport was rebranded Birmingham International in 1984.
Services
It has five platforms, consisting of two islands and one side platform numbered 1–5 from south to north.
The station is served by four train operating companies, with the following basic Monday to Saturday off-peak service in trains per hour/day.
Avanti West Coast:
2 tph London Euston, via Coventry
2 tph to Birmingham New Street
1 tp2h to Glasgow Central, via Wolverhampton and Preston
1 tp2h to Edinburgh Waverley, via Wolverhampton and Preston
CrossCountry:
1 tph to Manchester Piccadilly, via Stoke-on-Trent and Macclesfield
1 tph to Bournemouth, via Coventry and Reading.
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