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Birmingham International Station

Birmingham Airport is directly connected to over 100 towns and cities via Birmingham International Station and the 'Air-Rail Link' monorail system. The free Air-Rail Link takes two minutes to get to the station and operates between 03:30 and 00:30 hours daily. Outside of these hours, the airport terminal can be reached by taxi or by walking from the station.

Rail services operate regularly from Birmingham International to a range of destinations, by a number of operators, see below for more information on operators.

  • 3 trains per hour to London Euston

  • 2 trains per hour to Birmingham New Street

  • 1 trains per hour to Wolverhampton via Birmingham New Street

*For more information about Avanti West Coast, please visit the Avanti West Coast website.

  • Up to 3 trains per hour to London Euston

  • Up to 3 trains per hour to Northampton

  • Up to 3 trains per hour to Milton Keynes

  • Up to 4 trains per hour to Birmingham New Street

  • Up to 3 trains per hour to Rugby

For more information please visit the West Midlands Railway or London Northwestern Railway websites.

  • 1 train per hour to Manchester Piccadilly

  • 1 train per hour to Bournemouth

  • 4 trains per hour to Birmingham New Street

  • 1 train per hour to London Euston via Northampton

  • 1 train per hour to Northampton

  • 1 train per hour to Coventry

For more information please visit the CrossCountry website.

  • 1 train per hour to Shrewsbury, of which:

    • 1 train per two hours continues to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli after dividing at Machynlleth

    • 1 train per two hours continues to Holyhead via Wrexham General and Chester

For more information please visit the Transport for Wales website.

For general train enquiries please visit the National Rail website

Birmingham New Street is approximately 10 minutes on a direct train, with frequent services each hour from Birmingham International.

Services to central London operate daily with three trains per hour serving London Euston with Avanti West Coast Trains and London Northwestern Railway. The journey takes approximately 70 minutes with Avanti West Coast Trains.

There is a direct route to London Marylebone from Birmingham Moor Street with Chiltern Railways. Birmingham Moor Street is a short walk from Birmingham New Street which can be accessed directly from Birmingham International Station.

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