page_title: Urban rail in the United Kingdom
section_title: Birmingham
hierarchical_section_title: Urban rail in the United Kingdom / Cities / Birmingham
caption_attribution_description: English: London Midland 323204 at Birmingham New Street railway station.
context_page_description: Urban or suburban rail plays a key role in public transport in many of the United Kingdom's major cities. Urban rail refers to the train service between city centres and suburbs or nearby towns that acts as a main mode of transport for travellers on a daily basis.
context_section_description: Co-ordinated and subsidised by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), West Midlands Trains operates a network of 70 stations in the West Midlands county focused on Birmingham. West Midlands Trains operate the West Midlands suburban routes under the West Midlands Railway branding to distinguish them from their longer-distance routes. The main city-centre station is Birmingham New Street, operated by Network Rail, the other city-centre stations are Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street. The other main stations in the West Midlands are Wolverhampton and Coventry.
  During 2014/15, there were nearly 51 million rail passenger journeys in the TfWM area. Birmingham has the highest proportion of rail commuters in England outside London. In the past few decades the proportion of journeys into central Birmingham by rail has grown sharply: 29% of journeys into Birmingham city centre in the peak hours were made by rail in 2015, compared to 17% in 2001, 12% in 1991.
  Most of the Birmingham and West Midlands County local suburban lines are centred on New Street station, including the Cross-City Line, the Chase Line and the Coventry-Wolverhampton Line. Three suburban routes, known collectively as the Snow Hill Lines run through Snow Hill and Moor Street stations. Services run at ten-minute frequencies on the busiest routes, with most other routes operating at least a 15-20 or 30 minute frequency. Routes are below:
  West Midlands Trains routes operating from Birmingham New Street:
  Birmingham Loop - Wolverhampton - Birmingham New Street - Birmingham International - Coventry.
  Cross-City Line - Lichfield Trent Valley – Birmingham New Street – Longbridge – Redditch/Bromsgrove
  Chase Line - Birmingham New Street - Walsall - Rugeley Trent Valley.
  Birmingham-Worcester-Hereford - Birmingham New Street - Bromsgrove - Worcester Foregate Street - Great Malvern - Hereford
  Birmingham-Shrewsbury - Birmingham New Street - Wolverhampton - Telford Central - Wellington - Shrewsbury
  Three lines, known collectively as the Snow Hill Lines operate from Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street stations:
  Chiltern Main Line - Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street - Solihull – Dorridge – Leamington Spa.
  North Warwickshire Line - Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street - Whitlocks End – Stratford upon Avon.
  Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Worcester.
  Other routes operating from the TfWM area but not centred on Birmingham include:
  Coventry to Nuneaton Line - Coventry - Coventry Arena - Bedworth - Nuneaton
  Stourbridge Town branch line - Stourbridge Junction - Stourbridge Town
  The West Midlands Combined Authority created in 2016, is pursuing plans to restore local passenger services to the Camp Hill Line in southern Birmingham, which is currently freight only, by constructing new chords into Birmingham Moor Street station. Restoration of local passenger services to the freight only Walsall to Wolverhampton Line, is also being pursued.
  Centro was established in 1969 following the Transport Act 1968. The Transport Act 1985 deregulated and privatised bus services across the UK. The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive co-ordinated the services of all local private bus operators and adopted the name of Centro shortly afterwards to distinguish itself from its previous role as an operator. In 2016 Centro was abolished and replaced by TfWM.
caption: London Midland Class 323 at Birmingham New Street
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