Five Ways railway station is a railway station serving the Five Ways and Lee Bank areas of Birmingham, England. It is situated on the Cross-City Line.

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Five Ways
General information
Location	Five Ways, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52.4713°N 1.9129°W / 52.4713; -1.9129
Grid reference	SP059858
Managed by	West Midlands Railway[1]
Transit authority	Transport for West Midlands
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FWY
Fare zone	1
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
1885	Opened
1944	Temporary Closure
1950	Official Closure
1978	Reopened
Passengers
2018/19	2.301 million
2019/20	2.497 million
2020/21	0.564 million
2021/22	1.171 million
2022/23	1.459 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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The original Five Ways station operated between 1885 and 1944. The station was reopened in 1978 when the Cross-City line services were created.

The original station was opened in 1885 by the Midland Railway, when the Birmingham West Suburban Railway (BWSR) was extended into Birmingham New Street. It fell prey to competition from local bus services, and services were suspended in 1944, as a wartime economy measure, under the auspices of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.^[2] The closure was made permanent by British Railways in 1950.^[3]

Alongside the station was the spur line leading to Central Goods station. The junction to this line was just south of Five Ways. The spur was part of the original alignment of the BWSR, leading to its original terminus at Granville Street. Following the closure of Granville Street in 1885, the spur line was extended to run to Central Goods station, which remained open until the late 1960s.^[4]

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Five Ways is the nearest railway station to Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston Cricket Ground and the Birmingham Oratory.

The station is served by West Midlands Trains with local Transport for West Midlands branded "Cross-City" services, operated by Class 323 and Class 730 Electric multiple units.^[6][7]

The off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 4 trains per hour (tph) northbound to Four Oaks via Birmingham New Street and Sutton Coldfield, departing from Platform 1.
  • Of which:
    • 2 tph continue to Lichfield Trent Valley via Lichfield City, calling at all stations except Duddeston.
• 4 tph southbound to Longbridge via University, departing from Platform 2.
  • Of which:
    • 2 tph continue to Redditch via Alvechurch.
    • 2 tph continue to Bromsgrove, 1tph does not call at Barnt Green.

Sundays:

• 2 tph northbound to Lichfield Trent Valley.
• 2 tph southbound to Redditch.
• 1 tph northbound to Birmingham New Street only.
• 1 tph southbound to Bromsgrove.

Services on Sundays call at all stations between Lichfield T.V. and Redditch and all stations between Bromsgrove and Birmingham New Street.^[8][9]

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Birmingham New Street		West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line		University

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The station is an interchange for trams at Five Ways tram stop on the West Midlands Metro, which is approximately 0.4 miles (0.64 km) away, roughly an eight minute walk.^[10]