From Birmingham New Street railway station to Manchester Piccadilly - train in the UK
Birmingham New Street railway station is the departing point in our trip to Manchester Piccadilly. We love traveling by train in the UK, especially as it's easy to handle unforeseen circumstances. (Travel vlog | 2018)
The train Birmingham to Manchester was via CrossCountry. This vlog is part of a UK travel series:
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Trains at Birmingham New Street | 23/07/2019
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Hello everyone, MT here with the usual trainspotting action. I haven’t been filming at Birmingham New Street for a couple of years now. Therefore, it wouldn’t hurt of popping over to see what was there considering the West Midlands franchise is under a new operator meaning new liveries. Even though I have already the new London Northwestern Railway livery and with some unit still needing to get that on. The operator is making good progress of adding the new West Midlands Railway to the units working on the commuter routes. Also, got my first look at Virgin’s new livery on one of its voyager units. All of this was filmed within an hour in the middle of the afternoon. There were some delays and cancellations within the hour meaning I missed the chance of capturing more units than I wanted to. However, I hope you all enjoy this at least!
Trains include: Virgin Trains Voyagers (221101 in new livery), CrossCountry Voyagers, Turbostars & HST, London Northwestern Railway 350’s and West Midlands Railways 153’s, 170 & 323’s
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Birmingham UK 2020. CITY CENTRE WALK Birmingham New Street (Grand Central) to Moor St Station 1080p
Birmingham UK 2020. CITY CENTRE WALK Birmingham New Street (Grand Central) to Moor St Station 1080p
Here is a walk through video of the journey between Birmingham New Street (Grand Central) to Moor St Station, this change between stations is probably one of the most common when going Via Birmingham. A lot of people who visit the city for the first time get confused and lost between these two stations so hopefully this can help people reach there destination with more ease.
A little info on both stations
Birmingham New St (Grand Central)
New Street station was built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) between 1846 and 1854, on the site of several streets in a marshy area known as The Froggery. Samuel Carter, solicitor to both LNWR and the Midland Railway, managed the conveyancing. It was built in the centre of Birmingham, replacing several earlier rail termini on the outskirts of the centre, most notably Curzon Street, which had opened in 1838, and was no longer adequate for the level of traffic.
Until 1885 the LNWR shared the station with the Midland. However, in 1885 the Midland Railway opened its own extension alongside the original station for the exclusive use of its trains, effectively creating two stations side-by-side. The two companies stations were separated by a central roadway; Queens Drive.
Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in the Birmingham City Centre, England. It is a central hub of the British railway system. It is a major destination for Avanti West Coast services from London Euston, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley via the West Coast Main Line, and the national hub of the CrossCountry network – the most extensive in Britain, with long-distance trains serving destinations from Aberdeen to Penzance] It is also a major hub for local and suburban services within the West Midlands, including those on the Cross City Line between Lichfield Trent Valley, Redditch, and Bromsgrove, and the Chase Line to Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley.
The station is named after New Street, which runs parallel to the station, although the station has never had a direct entrance to New Street except via the Grand Central shopping centre. Historically the main entrance to the station was on Stephenson Street, just off New Street. Today the station has entrances on Stephenson Street, Smallbrook Queensway, Hill Street and Navigation Street.
New Street is the sixth busiest railway station in the UK and the busiest outside London, with 43.7 million passenger entries and exits between April 2017 and March 2018. It is also the busiest interchange station outside London, with nearly 6.8 million passengers changing trains at the station annually. In 2018 New Street had a passenger satisfaction rating of 92%, the third highest in the UK.
Birmingham Moor St Station
Earlier history (1909-1987)
At the turn of the 20th Century, suburban rail traffic into Birmingham was growing rapidly. The Great Western Railway greatly expanded their facilities in the city at that time to cope with the demands. Snow Hill station, their main station in Birmingham, was extensively rebuilt and expanded. However, the twin tracked Snow Hill tunnel, which ran underneath the city centre into Snow Hill from the south, did not have enough capacity to accommodate all of the traffic, and widening the tunnel was considered impractical. In order to solve the capacity problem therefore, Moor Street station was built at the opposite end of the tunnel to take terminating local trains from the south and relieve traffic.
Birmingham Moor Street is one of three main railway stations in the city centre of Birmingham, England, along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snow Hill.
Today's Moor Street station is a combination of the original station, opened in 1909 by the Great Western Railway as a terminus for local trains, and a newer Moor Street station with through platforms, a short distance from the original, which opened in 1987, replacing the original. The two were combined into one station in 2002, when the original was reopened and restored, and the newer station rebuilt in matching style.
Moor Street has become more important in recent years; two of the original terminus platforms were reopened in 2010, and the station is now the terminus of many Chiltern Railways services from London Marylebone, as well as being an important stop for local services on the Snow Hill Lines. It is now the second busiest railway station in Birmingham.
How to walk from Birmingham Moor Street Station to Birmingham New Street Station
The Virtual Tourist walks from Birmingham Moor Street Station to Birmingham New Street Station
Trains at Rush Hour Birmingham New Street 31/07/2019
Birmingham New Street, the busiest railway station in the United Kingdom outside of London. The station has recently been refurbished with a new concourse and boasts an impressive 4 Train Operators. A variety of services heading around the South and North of the United Kingdom. Trains in this video include:
- Arriva CrossCountry Class 220/221 Voyagers, HSTs & Class 170s.
- Virgin Trains West Coast Pendolinos & Voyagers.
- Transport for Wales Class 158s.
- West Midlands Railway Class 170s and 323s.
- London Northwestern Railway Class 350s
Filmed on 31th July 2019, Between 07:45 and 08:45.
Birmingham New Street station timelapse - five years in five minutes
The station now boasts brighter, airier platforms, and a concourse five--times bigger than London Euston’s, underneath a spectacular new atrium roof which floods natural daylight onto the concourse for the first time.
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Virgin Trains First Class Trip Report from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
Here is a trip report video onboard the 16:15 virgin trains service from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley.
This journey travels to Edinburgh Waverley via the West Coast Main Line via Preston and Carlisle. The journey took 4 hours and 15 minutes.
The journey was excellent and the service we experienced was very good as well and do recommend if you ever travel down that way to Birmingham that you travel with Virgin Trains in first class
This will be my last virgin trains trip report as I have done a lot of them and they most of there routes that are worth doing.
Hope you enjoy the video and look forward to your comments
Introducing the new Birmingham New Street station
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This video was filmed the day the station opened for it's half time switchover during the building process in April 2013 - for an updated film showing the now completed station, go to
We went on the first day it opened, so you can get to know the layout before you have to travel yourself.
Birmingham New Street Station
A brief look at the Midland side of New Street with an HST departing for the West on Wednesday 14th March 2018
Birmingham UK 2020. CITY CENTRE WALK Birmingham Snow Hill Station to Birmingham New Street Station
Birmingham UK 2020. CITY CENTRE WALK Birmingham Snow Hill Station to Birmingham New Street Station
The wall between these two stations is one of the busiest interchanges in Birmingham before and after work thousands of people walk between these stations as it’s essential to many peoples daily commute, even though it is very crowded you do some some lovely sights in Birmingham, firstly you walk over Colmore row which is the business district for Birmingham it has wonderful architecture right on the doorstep of snow hill with a backdrop of Cathedral Square and St Philip’s Church of England Cathedral in the centre of it. Further along the walk you pass over temple row and on to Temple st which is a great place to go out this short road has a lot of fabulous bars and restaurants. And just a short walk later you are in Birmingham new street station (grand central)
A little bit about the two stations
Birmingham Snow Hill is a railway station in Birmingham City Centre, England. It is one of the three main city-centre stations in Birmingham along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street.
Snow Hill was once the main station of the Great Western Railway in Birmingham, and at its height it rivalled New Street station, with competitive services to destinations including London Paddington, Wolverhampton Low Level, Birkenhead Woodside, Wales and South West England. The station has been rebuilt several times since the first station at Snow Hill; a temporary wooden structure, was opened in 1852; it was rebuilt as a permanent station in 1871, and then rebuilt again on a much grander scale during 1906-1912. The electrification of the main line from London to New Street in the 1960s saw New Street favoured over Snow Hill, which saw most of its services withdrawn in the late 1960s. This led to the station's eventual closure in 1972, and demolition five years later. After fifteen years of closure a new Snow Hill station, the present incarnation, was built; it reopened in 1987.
Today, most of the trains using Snow Hill are local services on the Snow Hill Lines operated by West Midlands Railway, serving Worcester Shrub Hill, Kidderminster, Stourbridge Junction, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Solihull.
New street
Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in the Birmingham City Centre, England. It is a central hub of the British railway system. It is a major destination for Avanti West Coast services from London Euston, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley via the West Coast Main Line, and the national hub of the CrossCountry network – the most extensive in Britain, with long-distance trains serving destinations from Aberdeen to Penzance. It is also a major hub for local and suburban services within the West Midlands.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church and consecrated in 1715, St Philip's became the cathedral of the newly formed Diocese of Birmingham in 1905. St Philip's was built in the early 18th century in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer and is located on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England.The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. St Philip's is the third smallest cathedral in England after Derby and Chelmsford.
St Philip's Church was planned when the nearby medieval church of St Martin in the Bull Ring became insufficient to house its congregation because of the growing population of Birmingham. The land, previously named the Barley Close, was donated by Robert Philips in 1710. It is one of the highest points in the district and is said to be at the same level as the cross on St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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The changing scene at Birmingham New Street
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Departing Birmingham New Street railway station on the London to Glasgow train. Recored on the 8 June 2014.
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Entrance steps to Birmingham New Street station and Grand Central shopping centre. Passing traffic.
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London-Birmingham: First time riding a train in the UK
London-Birmingham is a very common route of train in the UK. The train departs London Euston station and after several stops arrives at Birmingham New Street.
Virgin has the fastest trains, but we purchased our tickets with Chiltern, as they had better prices. The trip was about 1 hour longer, but the train was comfortable and had free wifi.
Birmingham is the first city we will visit in the UK. It will be featured in the next vlog.
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Trains at: Birmingham New Street, WCML, 08/12/18
A very busy afternoon at Birmingham New Street, a through and terminus station on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway, West Midlands Railway, Cross Country, Virgin Trains and Transport For Wales.
Birmingham New Street was built by the London and Northwestern Railway between the years of 1846 and 1854. Even though the station was officially opened in 1854 the station had been used for about 2 years beforehand, mostly because of the demand on the network. It was used as a terminus for the Stour Valley Line which came from the Wolverhampton side of the station. When the station was officially opened they closed the Curzon Street station which had been in place since 1838.
The layout of the tracks and the platforms came by the hands of one Robert Stevenson and his assistants. The station compromised of nine platforms, this contained four through platforms and five terminating bay platforms. The Midland Railway started using New Street in 1854 when it opened which then obviously closed down Curzon Street completely. But there was an issue faced. Because their trains were running between Derby and Britstol it meant that when they got into New Street they would have to reverse. This was the case right up until 1885 when the Birmingham West Suburban Railway was extended from the south of the city which then allowed direct running of trains from the south of the country without having to go through the whole rigmoral of reversing into the station. Because of this it meant that there was an increase in traffic coming into the station which then meant that it needed an extension. The extension would consist of four new through platforms and a new bay platform along with a glass and steel roof engine shed. A survey was taken in 1885 to see how many people would go through the station on a daily basis and it was recorded that on a weekday you had 22,000 passengers coming through and on a weekend there was 25,000 passengers.
When the 1960's made an appearance the station went through a complete new rebuild as part of the West Coast Mainline modernisation that was taking place at the time. The station would see twelve new through platforms replace the current eight through and six bay platforms. All the platforms were covered by a 7 acre concrete deck which would be supported by around 200 columns to support the immense structure.
Because the station is encased it was deemed to be an underground station by the local fire service which meant that steps had to be made to make the station safe and accessible for the emergency services to get to and allow the people in the station a means of escape. Because of the fire at Kings Cross in 1987 the station went through the magnifying glass and major changes were brought forward in order to make the station that much safer. A new footbridge was installed at the Wolverhampton end of the station which connected the station to the upper street level. All wooden fittings were removed and brand new fire doors were installed across the station.
During 2008 to 2015 the station went through one of the biggest changes ever made to a station on the national network whilst at the same time keeping the station open to the public and keeping trains running to a relatively good timetable. The new changes made to the station would include: A brand new station concourse that would feature shops, eateries, a new facade, entrances, lifts and escalators from each platform into the new station building. As well as new station approaches.
My next station is Watford Junction.
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