Redevelopment

In July 2019, West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) and Transport for West Midlands (TfWM)^[4] announced plans to redevelop the station in order to accommodate increasing passenger numbers generally and those arising from the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games, of which two events will be held at venues on the University of Birmingham campus.^[5] The upgrades are intended to allow the station, originally designed for approximately 500,000 passengers a year, to handle more than 7 million passengers annually.^[6]

The plans include:^[6]

• construction of a new, larger station building at the north end of the platforms.
• widening of the platforms to alleviate crowding during peak times.
• a footbridge over the canal linking the new station to the university campus.
• a new public space around the approach to the new building.

On 22 July 2020, Minister of State for Transport Chris Heaton-Harris announced £12 million of government funding towards the expected £56 million cost of the project.^[7] The remaining £44 million is to be funded by a consortium comprising the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Network Rail, West Midlands Trains and the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP.^[7]

Construction work took place from 2021 to 2024. The architects were Associated Architects and the contractor was VolkerFitzpatrick.^[8] The extended platforms were opened in time for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in July 2022, and the new buildings were opened on Sunday 28th January 2024. ^[9]

Platform 1 (Northbound)

All services from Platform 1 stop at Birmingham New Street with an average journey time of around 7 minutes.

Services from this platform include:

On Mondays to Saturdays:

West Midlands Railway:

• 5 trains per hour (tph) run northbound to Birmingham New Street
  • Of which:
    • 2 tph continue to Four Oaks via Sutton Coldfield, calling at all stations Duddeston to Four Oaks.
    • 2 tph continue to Lichfield Trent Valley, calling at all stations except Duddeston.
    • 1 tph runs to Birmingham New Street only.

CrossCountry:

• 1 tph to Nottingham via Derby.
• 1 train per day (tpd) to Stansted Airport via Nuneaton, Leicester, Peterborough and Cambridge.

On Sundays:

West Midlands Railway:

• 2 tph to Lichfield Trent Valley, calling at all stations
• 1 tph to Birmingham New Street, calling at Five Ways and Birmingham New Street only
• 1 tph to Birmingham New Street only.

CrossCountry:

• 1 tph to Nottingham
• 1 tph to Stansted Airport.

Platform 2 (Southbound)

Weekday services from this platform include:

West Midlands Railway:

• 4 trains per hour run to Longbridge
  • Of which:
    • 2 tph continue to Bromsgrove, 1tph does not call at Barnt Green.
    • 2 tph continue to Redditch via Alvechurch, calling at all stations.

• 1 tph runs to Hereford via Bromsgrove and Worcester Foregate Street. In the peak, there are some additional trains (1 tph) to Worcester Shrub Hill via Great Malvern.

CrossCountry:

• 1 tph to Cardiff Central via Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester and Newport.

On Sundays:

West Midlands Railway:

• 2 tph to Redditch, calling at all stations
• 1 tph to Bromsgrove, calling at all stations.
• 1 tph to Hereford.

CrossCountry:

• 1 tph to Nottingham
• 1 tph to Stansted Airport.

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Five Ways		West Midlands Railway Lichfield – Four Oaks – Birmingham – Bromsgrove/Redditch Cross-City Line		Selly Oak
Birmingham New Street		West Midlands Railway Birmingham – Bromsgrove – Worcester – Hereford		Bromsgrove or Droitwich Spa or Barnt Green
Birmingham New Street		CrossCountry Cardiff – Nottingham		Worcestershire Parkway

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