University train station

You can reach 82 stations directly from University on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birmingham New Street, with 215 trains a day.

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• 82 direct destinations
• 145th busiest in Britain
• Staffed part time
• Step-free throughout
• 4 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from University

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 42 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving University

University 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 University station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside University 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.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy University station is

3,755,612 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 145th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between University and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 1,523,768 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.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 32 stations instead of 82, a drop of about 61%. Saturday runs to 32.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, University gains 1 destination including Glasgow Central.

Nearest other stations

• Selly Oak 0.7 miles
• Five Ways 1.7 miles
• Bournville 1.7 miles
• Birmingham New Street 2.4 miles
• Kings Norton 2.6 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of University, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Somerset Road · 0.6 miles
• Harborne closed 1934 · 0.8 miles
• Church Road · 1.1 miles
• Hagley Road · 1.6 miles
• Granville Street · 2.0 miles
• Rotton Park Road closed 1934 · 2.0 miles

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Facilities at University station

University is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:00 to 20:00 · Saturday: 08:00 to 19:00 · Sunday: 10:00 to 16:00

Waiting room

Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 9 September 2026.

Getting to University station

University 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), 3.2 miles west.

4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being University Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

University 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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