Birmingham International train station
Birmingham International is a major interchange: 132 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Birmingham New Street, with 300 trains a day.
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Birmingham International is the nearest station for postcodes in B40. Check your own postcode.
- 132 direct destinations
- 102nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 2,180 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Birmingham International
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street | 300 | 297 | 223 |
| Coventry | 203 | 199 | 170 |
| London Euston | 160 | 156 | 125 |
| Wolverhampton | 108 | 105 | 99 |
| Rugby | 106 | 131 | 112 |
| Milton Keynes Central | 104 | 129 | 104 |
| Berkswell | 74 | 74 | 59 |
| Canley | 74 | 74 | 60 |
| Hampton-in-Arden | 74 | 74 | 58 |
| Tile Hill | 74 | 74 | 61 |
| Marston Green | 73 | 75 | 64 |
| Lea Hall | 72 | 73 | 36 |
| Northampton | 72 | 72 | 60 |
| Long Buckby | 71 | 72 | 59 |
| Sandwell and Dudley | 71 | 71 | 68 |
| Stechford | 71 | 72 | 35 |
| Watford Junction | 65 | 98 | 82 |
| Wolverton | 64 | 67 | 47 |
| Bletchley | 62 | 64 | 49 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 62 | 65 | 49 |
| Stafford | 62 | 59 | 53 |
| Walsall | 61 | 62 | 23 |
| Bloxwich | 59 | 62 | 23 |
| Bloxwich North | 59 | 62 | 23 |
| Cannock | 59 | 62 | 23 |
| Hednesford | 59 | 62 | 23 |
| Landywood | 59 | 62 | 23 |
| Rugeley Trent Valley | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugeley Town | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| Tame Bridge Parkway | 59 | 62 | 23 |
| Adderley Park | 40 | 41 | 32 |
| Crewe | 39 | 33 | 35 |
| Banbury | 33 | 32 | 36 |
| Leamington Spa | 33 | 32 | 36 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 33 | 30 | 28 |
| Oxford | 33 | 32 | 36 |
| Reading | 33 | 32 | 36 |
| Basingstoke | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| Shrewsbury | 32 | 30 | 30 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 32 | 32 | 24 |
and 92 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Birmingham International
Birmingham International is on the Rugby Birmingham and Stafford Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Birmingham International station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Birmingham International station on 215 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 25 paths on the Wednesday, 69 paths on the Saturday and 10 paths on the Sunday. 56 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 03:00 to 04:00 on the Saturday, with 9 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Birmingham International station is
5,002,974 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 102nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 276,067 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Birmingham International and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 1,425,038 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Birmingham International gains 15 destinations including Dunbar, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alsager, Newcastle, Longport and loses 1 including Witton.
Nearest other stations
- Marston Green 1.7 miles
- Hampton-in-Arden 1.9 miles
- Lea Hall 3.3 miles
- Olton 3.4 miles
- Solihull 3.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Birmingham International, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Birmingham Interchange · 0.8 miles
- Maxstoke · 3.4 miles
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Facilities at Birmingham International station
Birmingham International is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:40 to 21:00 · Saturday: 06:15 to 21:00 · Sunday: 08:15 to 21:00
Toilets · Waiting room · WiFi
Parking at Birmingham International station
- Birmingham International Car Park 2,180 spaces, 24 accessible
£12.50 a day
Cycle parking: 45 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 June 2026.
Getting to Birmingham International station
Birmingham International station is in Solihull, West Midlands, and is run by Avanti West Coast.
The nearest motorway junction is M42 J6 (Bickenhill Interchange), 0.7 miles east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Birmingham International Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Birmingham International station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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