Trains to Birmingham Snow Hill - Station Details and further Information on Birmingham Snow Hill Train Services
Birmingham Snow Hill is a train station and tram stop in the centre of Birmingham, England on the site of a much larger station which was built by the former Great Western Railway. It is the second most important train station in the city, after the former LMS Birmingham New Street station. It is also the terminus of the Midland Metro light rail line from Wolverhampton (via Wednesbury and West Bromwich), pending the line's extension. Other stations in Birmingham include Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International.
The present Snow Hill station has three platforms for National Rail trains. When it was originally reopened in 1987 it had four, but one was later converted for use by Midland Metro trams. The planned extension of the Midland Metro through Birmingham city centre includes a dedicated embankment for trams alongside the station, and this will allow the fourth platform to be returned to main-line use.
Snow Hill is the principal destination of the Chiltern Main Line, which links Birmingham with London Marylebone, operated by Chiltern Railways, with some Chiltern services continuing to Kidderminster. Local services from Snow Hill, as with most other local services in the West Midlands, are supported by Network West Midlands, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. They are operated by London Midland. This was cut back to peak times only and the rest of the local services beyond Dorridge are now run by Chiltern Railways. There is also an occasional service to Stratford upon Avon via Dorridge. |