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Birmingham Cross-City Line - Definition and Overview

The Cross-City Line is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands of England that runs from Lichfield to Redditch via Birmingham New Street.

The main stations and towns on the route are:

For many years, passenger services on the line were worked by elderly Class 108, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 121 diesel multiple units. However, by the early 1990s these trains were becoming increasingly unreliable, so new trains were built to coincide with the electrication of the route in 1993. By 1995 the last of the old trains had been withdrawn, having been replaced by the current Class 323 electrical multiple units. Services are currently operated by Central Trains on behalf of Centro.


Major railway lines in the United Kingdom:
'Modern' high speed main lines:

Channel Tunnel Rail Link | Channel Tunnel

'Classic' main lines:

East Coast | Great Eastern | Great Western | Midland | West Coast

Other main lines:

Brighton | Chiltern | Glasgow South Western | Highland | North Wales
Portsmouth Direct | Settle-Carlisle | South Wales | South Western
Welsh Marches | Wessex | West Highland | West of England

Secondary lines:

Aire Valley | Argyle | Atlantic Coast | Avocet | Ayrshire Coast
Birmingham Cross-City | Bittern | Cambrian | Chase | Cotswold
Cumbrian | Conwy Valley | East Coastway | East Suffolk | Esk Valley
Far North | Golden Valley | Heart of Wales | Heart of Wessex | Hope Valley
Kyle of Lochalsh | Looe Valley | Lymington | Maritime | Marsh Link
North Clyde | Oxted | Riviera | St Ives Bay | Sudbury Branch
Tamar Valley | Tarka | Tyne Valley | West Coastway | Wherry


Example Usage of Birmingham

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