The Birmingham and Gloucester Line
The Birmingham and Gloucester Line runs for 11.9 miles between Birmingham New Street and Barnt Green, serving 9 stations, with a top line speed of 90 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 11.9 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 33 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 9 |
| Top line speed | 90 mph |
| Passengers a year | 47.8 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Birmingham New Street36.6 million a year
- Five Ways1.3 million a year
- University3.8 million a year
- Selly Oak2.3 million a year
- Bournville996,134 a year
- Kings Norton933,856 a year
- Northfield643,106 a year
- Longbridge891,698 a year
- Barnt Green327,146 a year
The busiest station on the line is Birmingham New Street, 36.6 million entries and exits a year and 13th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Barnt Green Evesham and Ashchurch Line, Rugby Birmingham and Stafford Line, St Andrews Junction to Kings Norton Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.