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Birmingham International
View from the north
Location
Place	Birmingham Airport
Local authority	Solihull
Coordinates	52°27′04″N 1°43′30″W / 52.451°N 1.725°W / 52.451; -1.725Coordinates: 52°27′04″N 1°43′30″W / 52.451°N 1.725°W / 52.451; -1.725
Operations
Station code	BHI
Managed by	Virgin Trains
Platforms in use	5
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	1.947 million
2005/06 *	2.201 million
2006/07 *	2.448 million
2007/08 *	2.576 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Midlands
Zone	5
History
1975	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birmingham International from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Birmingham International railway station is located in the borough of Solihull, just east of the city of Birmingham in England.

The station is on the West Coast Main Line 14 km (8½ miles) east of Birmingham New Street and serves both Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. The railway station lies next to the M42 motorway. The 'International' in its name refers to the airport, not to an international railway service. The station opened in 1975 and has regular train services to many parts of the country.

[edit] Services

Virgin Trains

• 3tph from Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street to London Euston.

CrossCountry

• 1tph from Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth.

London Midland

• Operates Regional services from Birmingham New Street to London Euston via Northampton.
• Operates Local services from Wolverhampton to Coventry and Northampton.

Arriva Trains Wales

• Operates alternate hourly service to Aberystwyth/Pwhelli and Holyhead via Shrewsbury.

[edit] Connection to Birmingham International Airport

AirRail Link people mover system showing the track and pulley system

A maglev service ran from the airport terminal to the Birmingham International railway station from 1984 until 1995. The train "flew" at an altitude of 15 mm over a track 620m in length. It operated for nearly 11 years, but was scrapped because spare parts for the system were no longer available. It was temporarily replaced by a bus.

The chosen replacement system, the DCC Doppelmayr Cable Car Cable Liner Shuttle, was announced in late 2000 and construction started in 2001. Although construction was essentially completed by early 2002, delays to start of construction of the new Interchange at the railway station end meant it was not possible to open the system until March 2003 when the Interchange was completed. The system was originally known as SkyRail but in 2004 it was renamed AirRail Link.

The international airport can also be reached via a dedicated fast bus service from Coleshill Parkway station, on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line; the buses run four times per hour and the journey takes around fifteen minutes.

[edit] Connection to the National Exhibition Centre

Under cover walkways, escalators and Travelators connect the NEC buildings to the Birmingham International railway station and to the Air-Rail Link, which in turn connects to Birmingham International Airport.

[edit] Gallery

Platform 5 (view to the south)	The ticket office and concourse	Stairs going down to the platforms	Horizontal escalator connecting the NEC to the railway and airport
		Air-Rail Link terminus	The Air-Rail Link as seen from the platforms

[edit] See also

• Transport in Birmingham
• Birmingham Snow Hill station
• Birmingham New Street station
• Birmingham Moor Street railway station
• Birmingham International Airport

[edit] External links

• Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Birmingham International station