Birmingham Moor Street railway station

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Birmingham Moor Street
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Restored grade II listed exterior of Moor Street.
General information
Location Birmingham, West Midlands
England
Coordinates 52°28′43″N1°53′31″W / 52.4787°N 1.8919°W / 52.4787; -1.8919
Grid reference SP074867
Managed by Chiltern Railways
Transit authority Transport for West Midlands
Platforms5 (4 in use)
Other information
Station codeBMO
Fare zone1
Classification DfT category B
Key dates
1909Opened
1914Current buildings completed
1987Station relocated, through platforms opened, terminal platforms closed.
2002Renovated
2010Two terminal platforms reopened.
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 7.200 million
 Interchange  0.478 million

Moor Street is currently served by West Midlands Railway who run local services on the Snow Hill Lines, and by Chiltern Railways who run longer distance services to London Marylebone via the Chiltern Main Line:

Chiltern Railways

Some Chiltern services start from or terminate at Birmingham Snow Hill, calling at Moor Street's through platforms, while other services terminate at Moor Street's terminal platforms. Some of the through Chiltern services continue beyond Birmingham to Stourbridge Junction during peak hours. Trains to Stourbridge ran to/from Kidderminster from September 2002 to May 2023. [23] [24] [25] [26]

The typical service pattern is: [27]

West Midlands Railway

Four West Midlands Trains services per hour call at Moor Street in each direction, typically running as follows: [28] [29] [30]

WMR Class 172 at Moor Street WMT Class 172 Pair at Birmingham Moor Street.jpg
WMR Class 172 at Moor Street

Eastbound:

Westbound:

On summer Sundays, Moor Street is used by steam locomotives running tourist specials between Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon and trains between Snow Hill and Tyseley run by Vintage Trains.

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Birmingham Snow Hill   Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Main Line 		  Solihull
Terminus  
Birmingham Snow Hill   West Midlands Railway
Leamington/Stratford-Worcester 		  Bordesley
   Small Heath
HR icon.svg   Heritage railways
Birmingham Snow Hill   Vintage Trains
The Shakespeare Express
July–September		  Tyseley
Night-time aerial view, showing Moor Street (bottom left) and New Street (centre-right) stations, separated by the BullRing shopping centre Helicopter - Night Time Photos (8739866055).jpg
Night-time aerial view, showing Moor Street (bottom left) and New Street (centre-right) stations, separated by the BullRing shopping centre

Moor Street station is 400 yards (365 metres) away from New Street station; the city's main railway station. [31] There is a signposted route for passengers travelling between New Street and Moor Street stations which involves a short walk through a tunnel under the Bullring shopping centre. Although the railway lines into New Street pass directly underneath Moor Street station, there is no track connection. In 2013 a new direct walkway was opened between the two stations making interchange easier. [32]

Proposed future developments

Simplified diagram of proposed Bordesley Chords. The existing infrastructure is in black, whilst the proposed new chords are illustrated in red. Bordesley chords diagram.jpg
Simplified diagram of proposed Bordesley Chords. The existing infrastructure is in black, whilst the proposed new chords are illustrated in red.
The disused bay platform 5 at Moor Street, if the Bordesley Chords go ahead, this will be reopened, along with a new platform 6 alongside it. Disused platform at Moor Street.jpg
The disused bay platform 5 at Moor Street, if the Bordesley Chords go ahead, this will be reopened, along with a new platform 6 alongside it.

Plans are being pursued to introduce new services into Moor Street by constructing new rail connections, known as the Bordesley chords linking the station to the Camp Hill line, which is currently mostly used by freight trains. The new chords would run into Moor Street's terminus platforms, and would allow a new local passenger service south to Kings Norton and beyond, including new stations at Moseley, Kings Heath and Hazelwell. This would also allow for new local services into Moor Street on the lines from Birmingham to Tamworth and Nuneaton including a new station at Castle Bromwich. The currently disused third bay platform would be reopened, and an additional new fourth bay platform would be opened to accommodate the new services. [33] [34] [35]

In a West Midlands & Chiltern Routes Study, it is proposed that services to the South West (via Worcester) and the East Midlands (Nottingham and Leicester), will be rerouted into Moor Street from New Street after the construction of the Camp Hill Chords. [36]

Network Rail have predicted that the number of passengers using Moor Street will grow to 8.9 million per year by 2023, and then to over 12 million by 2043. [37]

The High Speed 2's Birmingham city centre terminus, Birmingham Curzon Street railway station is planned to be built adjacent to Moor Street station. [38]

In March 2019, plans were revealed to redevelop Moor Street station which include a new footbridge to link all 6 platforms with the planned HS2 station and two new platforms (5 and 6), this is to get ready for re-routing of services from East Midlands, South West, Worcester and Hereford to Moor Street. [39] [ failed verification ]

On the 26 June 2019, plans were submitted to the Department for Transport to get funding for the £2 billion investment programme known as the Midlands Rail Hub. [40] [41] Plans for Moor Street included:

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