Birmingham Interchange
Future railway station in the West Midlands, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birmingham Interchange is a planned High Speed 2 railway station in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, expected to open in 2026.[2]
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Location | Bickenhill, Solihull, Metropolitan Borough of Solihull England |
Grid reference | SP199839 |
Platforms | 4 (2 island platforms)[1] |
Tracks | 6 |
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Opening | 2026 (planned) |
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Unlike the city centre based Birmingham Curzon Street railway station, the interchange station will be a parkway, serving the east side of Birmingham and surrounding urban areas.[3]
The station will be built on a triangular piece of land, surrounded by the M42 motorway, A446 and A45, and will be linked to the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station[4] by a people mover. The people mover will have a capacity of over 2,100 passengers per hour in each direction in the peak period.[3]