Birmingham Moor Street railway station

Birmingham Moor Street
National Rail
The new grade II listed outside
General information
LocationBirmingham, West Midlands
England
Coordinates52°28′43″N 1°53′31″W / 52.4787°N 1.8919°W / 52.4787; -1.8919
Owned byChiltern Railways
Line(s)Snow Hill Lines, Chiltern Main Line
Platforms5 (1 Is not used)
Train operatorsChiltern Railways, West Midlands Railway
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeBMO
Fare zone1
Passengers
Passengers (2020/21)Decrease 1.556 million
Passengers (2021/22)Increase 4.384 million
Passengers (2022/23)Increase 5.526 million
Passengers (2023/24)Increase 6.417 million
Passengers (2024/25)Increase 7.148 million

Birmingham Moor Street is a train station in Birmingham. It is one of the three big stations in Birmingham (the other 2 are Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snow Hill). Moor Street is a big linking station in more new times. It will become even more important in the future.[1]

It used to be a ending station for Great Western Railway. It has new joined to create new services to Stratford-upon-Avon, Solihull, Kidderminster and Worcester.[2][3]

Services

Birmingham Moor Street is used by Chiltern Railways who do services to London.[2] It is also used by West Midlands Railway, who do more local services.[3]

Previous station National Rail National Rail Next station
Birmingham Snow Hill   Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Main Line
  Solihull
End
Birmingham Snow Hill   West Midlands Railway
Leamington/Stratford-Worcester
  Bordesley
    Small Heath
  Heritage Railways  Heritage railways  
Birmingham Snow Hill   Vintage Trains
The Shakespeare Express
July–September
  Tyseley

Birmingham Moor Street is close to another Birmingham station, Birmingham New Street railway station. There is a tunnel going there as well as a walkway.[4] You can also go through the Bull Ring shopping centre.

In the future

Birmingham Moor Street is next to a train station being built, Curzon Street railway station which will connect Moor Street to High Speed 2.[5] There will also be a new railway line going to Moor Street called the Camp Hill Chords.[6] This will mean that platform 5 will be re-opened. There will also be a new platform.[7]

  1. ↑ Clinnick, Richard. "Rail renaissance in the West Midlands". www.railmagazine.com. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  2. 1 2 "Download Train Timetables & Check Times | Chiltern Railways". www.chilternrailways.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  3. 1 2 "Train timetables and schedules". West Midlands Railway. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  4. ↑ "The first half of the new concourse at Birmingham New Street station will open on 28 April 2013 - Network Rail". www.networkrail.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  5. ↑ introduction
  6. ↑ Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "More trains an hour through Birmingham Moor Street as part of £2 billion Midlands rail upgrade plans - Birmingham Updates". Birmingham Updates. 2019-06-26. Archived from the original on 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2026-05-02.