Selly Oak train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Selly Oak on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birmingham New Street, with 142 trains a day.
Selly Oak is the nearest station for postcodes in B29. Check your own postcode.
- 24 direct destinations
- 254th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 391 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Selly Oak
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street | 142 | 143 | 87 |
| Bournville | 142 | 143 | 87 |
| Five Ways | 142 | 143 | 87 |
| Kings Norton | 142 | 143 | 87 |
| Longbridge | 142 | 143 | 87 |
| Northfield | 142 | 143 | 87 |
| University | 142 | 143 | 87 |
| Aston | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Chester Road | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Erdington | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Four Oaks | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Gravelly Hill | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Sutton Coldfield | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Wylde Green | 135 | 137 | 56 |
| Barnt Green | 109 | 106 | 85 |
| Alvechurch | 72 | 72 | 57 |
| Redditch | 72 | 72 | 57 |
| Duddeston | 69 | 70 | 56 |
| Bromsgrove | 68 | 66 | 29 |
| Blake Street | 66 | 68 | 56 |
| Butlers Lane | 66 | 68 | 56 |
| Lichfield City | 66 | 68 | 56 |
| Lichfield Trent Valley | 66 | 67 | 56 |
| Shenstone | 66 | 68 | 56 |
Lines serving Selly Oak
Selly Oak is on the Birmingham and Gloucester Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Selly Oak station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Selly Oak station on 2 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: no paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
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 Selly Oak station is
2,308,762 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 254th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Selly Oak and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 1,680,664 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.
Nearest other stations
- University 0.7 miles
- Bournville 1.1 miles
- Kings Norton 1.9 miles
- Five Ways 2.2 miles
- Northfield 2.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Selly Oak, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Somerset Road · 1.2 miles
- Harborne closed 1934 · 1.4 miles
- Lifford · 1.7 miles
- Church Road · 1.7 miles
- Hagley Road · 2.3 miles
- Brighton Road · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Selly Oak station
Selly Oak is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 21:00 · Saturday: 07:00 to 21:00 · Sunday: 09:00 to 19:00
Toilets
Parking at Selly Oak station
- Station Car Park 391 spaces, 15 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 59 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 September 2026.
Getting to Selly Oak station
Selly Oak station is in Birmingham, West Midlands, and is run by West Midlands Trains (West Midlands Railway).
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J3 (Quinton Interchange), 3.3 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Selly Oak Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Selly Oak 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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