Birmingham Moor Street railway station - Definition and Overview

Birmingham Moor Street railway station is situated in Birmingham city centre, and has been extensively rebuilt and refurbished as part of the redevelopment of the Bull Ring.

The original GWR Moor Street station in Birmingham (which was built by the GWR and opened in 1908) survived the closures of the 1960s and 1970s and was retained solely for the commuter service to Stratford-upon-Avon. Although that service and the station were both under threat of closure, they survived thanks to a very active and concerted campaign to prevent closure and both eventually went on to prosper. The commuter service along the "main line" to Solihull and Leamington Spa was transferred back from New Street as local rail travel saw a revival.

The station at Snow Hill (which had been closed in the 1970s and demolished) was rebuilt and opened in 1987. Trains once more travelled under the city centre through the famous Snow Hill Tunnel. However this meant that the original Moor Street terminal station was redundant and a new modern station was built alongside the original on the former non-stop lines (at the south end of the tunnel).

Moor Street is now served by frequent local trains that run south-east to Solihull, Warwick, Leamington and Stratford upon Avon, and south-west to Smethwick, Stourbridge, Kidderminster and Worcester. Also, express trains to Marylebone railway station in London, via Banbury and High Wycombe run from Moor Street.

See also

• Transport in Birmingham, England

External links

• Moor Street Station Restoration (http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/tlw_moor_street.htm)