Birmingham International railway station

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Birmingham International
Image:NEC platform5 10y07.JPG
Platform 5
Location
Place	Birmingham Airport
Local authority	Solihull
Coordinates	52°27′04″N 1°43′30″W / 52.451, -1.725Coordinates: 52°27′04″N 1°43′30″W / 52.451, -1.725
Operations
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Platforms in use	5
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	1.947 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
1975	Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birmingham International from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Birmingham International railway station is located in the borough of Solihull, just east of the city of Birmingham in England.

The station is on the West Coast Main Line and serves both Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. The railway station lies next to the M42 motorway. The 'International' in its name refers to the airport, not to an international railway service. The station opened in 1975 and has regular train services to many parts of the country.

Virgin Trains provide services to London that originate from Birmingham or Wolverhampton. There is also a daily service each way from Manchester. CrossCountry provides services to Bournemouth, Reading, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. Local services to Coventry and Birmingham are provided by London Midland.

Contents 1 Connection to Birmingham International Airport 2 Connection to the National Exhibition Centre 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Connection to Birmingham International Airport

A maglev service ran from the airport terminal to the Birmingham International railway station from 1984 until 1995. The train "flew" at an altitude of 15 mm over a track 620m in length. It operated for nearly 11 years, but was scrapped because spare parts for the system were no longer available. It was temporarily replaced by a bus.

The chosen replacement system, the Doppelmayr Cable Liner Shuttle, was announced in late 2000 and construction started in 2001. Although construction was essentially completed by early 2002, delays to start of construction of the new Interchange at the Station meant it was not possible to open the system until March 2003 when the Interchange was completed. The system was originally known as SkyRail but in 2004 it was renamed Air-Rail Link. Plans to name it the 'Air-Rail Shuttle' were scrapped due to the unfortunate initials of this phrase.^{[citation needed]}

The international airport can also be reached via a dedicated fast bus service from Coleshill Parkway station, on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line which run four times per hour and take around fifteen minutes.

[edit] Connection to the National Exhibition Centre

Under cover walkways and several escalators (including two horizontal escalators) connect the NEC buildings to the Birmingham International railway station and to the Air-Rail Link, which in turn connects to Birmingham International Airport.

[edit] See also

• Transport in Birmingham

[edit] External links

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Birmingham International station
• Hotels near the Station / NEC / Airport

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hampton-in-Arden		London Midland Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line		Marston Green
Coventry		London Midland West Coast Main Line		Birmingham New Street
Coventry		Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line		Birmingham New Street
Coventry		CrossCountry Cross Country		Birmingham New Street

v • d • e Stations serving UK airports
Railway stations	Dyce (for Aberdeen Airport) • Birmingham International • Rhoose Cardiff International Airport • Durham Tees Valley Airport • Gatwick Airport • Paisley Gilmour Street (for Glasgow International) • Glasgow Prestwick Airport • Heathrow Airport: Central (Terminals 1, 2, 3), Terminal 4, Terminal 5 • Liverpool South Parkway (for Liverpool Airport) • Luton Airport Parkway • Manchester Airport • Southampton Airport (Parkway) • Squires Gate (for Blackpool Airport) • Rochford (for Southend Airport) • Stansted Airport • Sydenham (for Belfast Airport)
Metro stations	Heathrow Airport: Terminals 1, 2, 3, Terminal 4, Terminal 5 • London City Airport • Newcastle Airport

v • d • e Railway stations in the West Midlands county
Main line:	Birmingham International • Birmingham New Street • Birmingham Moor Street • Birmingham Snow Hill • Coventry • Wolverhampton
Open stations	Acocks Green • Adderley Park • Aston • Berkswell • Bescot Stadium • Blake Street • Bloxwich • Bloxwich North • Bordesley • Bournville • Butlers Lane • Canley • Chester Road • Coseley • Cradley Heath • Dorridge • Duddeston • Dudley Port • Earlswood • Erdington • Five Ways • Four Oaks • Gravelly Hill • Hall Green • Hampton-in-Arden • Hamstead • Jewellery Quarter • Kings Norton • Langley Green • Lea Hall • Longbridge • Lye • Marston Green • Northfield • Old Hill • Olton • Perry Barr • Rowley Regis • Sandwell and Dudley • Selly Oak • Shirley • Small Heath • Smethwick Galton Bridge • Smethwick Rolfe Street • Solihull • Spring Road • Stechford • Stourbridge Junction • Stourbridge Town • Sutton Coldfield • Tame Bridge Parkway • The Hawthorns • Tile Hill • Tipton • Tyseley • University • Walsall • Whitlocks End • Widney Manor • Witton • Wylde Green • Wythall • Yardley Wood
Disused:	Albion • Baptist End • Bentley • Bilston Central • Bilston West • Blowers Green • Bradley • Brettell Lane • Brierley Hill • Brockmoor Halt • Bromley Halt • Brownhills • Brownhills Watling Street • Bushbury • Compton Halt • Coundon Road • Curzon Street • Daimler Halt • Daisy Bank • Darby End • Darlaston • Darlaston James Bridge • Dudley • Dunstall Park • Ettingshall Road • Gornal Halt • Great Bridge North • Great Bridge South • Hagley Road • Handsworth & Smethwick • Harborne • Harts Hill • Heath Town • Hockley • Icknield Port Road • Monmore Green • Monument Lane • Moseley • North Walsall • Old Hill High Street • Pelsall • Penns • Pensnett Halt • Pleck • Portobello • Priestfield • Princes End & Coseley • Rotton Park Road • Round Oak • Rushall • Short Heath • Soho • Soho & Winson Green • Somerset Road • Spon Lane • Swan Village • Tettenhall • Tipton Five Ways • Wednesbury Central • Wednesbury Town • Wednesfield • Wednesfield Heath for Wolverhampton • West Bromwich • Willenhall Bilston Street • Willenhall Stafford Street • Windmill End • Winson Green • Wolverhampton Low Level • Wood Green
Heritage:	Birmingham Railway Museum Halt
Midland Metro (Line 1):	Bilston Central • Birmingham Snow Hill • Black Lake • Bradley Lane • Dartmouth Street • Dudley Street, Guns Village • Handsworth, Booth Street • Jewellery Quarter • Kenrick Park • Lodge Road, West Bromwich Town Hall • Loxdale • Priestfield • Soho, Benson Road • St. Paul's • The Crescent (Bilston) • The Hawthorns • The Royal • Trinity Way • Wednesbury, Great Western Street • Wednesbury Parkway • West Bromwich Central • Winson Green, Outer Circle • Wolverhampton, St. George's
Transport in the West Midlands • Midland Metro • Centro

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