Birmingham (New Street) railway station
Birmingham New Street  
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The east end of the station. Note the newly rebuilt and refurbished building which opened in 2015.
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| Location | |
| Place | Birmingham |
| Local authority | City of Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°28′40″N 1°53′56″W / 52.47777°N 1.89885°WCoordinates: 52°28′40″N 1°53′56″W / 52.47777°N 1.89885°W |
| Grid reference | SP069866 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BHM |
| Managed by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 13 |
| DfT category | A |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 32.090 million |
| – Interchange |
5.165 million |
| 2013/14 |
34.748 million |
| – Interchange |
5.194 million |
| 2014/15 |
35.313 million |
| – Interchange |
5.379 million |
| 2015/16 |
39.077 million |
| – Interchange |
5.825 million |
| 2016/17 |
42.367 million |
| – Interchange |
 5.791 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 1 |
| History | |
| Original company | London & North Western Railway |
| 1 June 1854 | First opened |
| 8 February 1885 | Extension opened |
| 1964-1967 | Rebuilt |
| 2010-2015 | Redeveloped |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birmingham New Street from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Birmingham New Street is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in the Birmingham City Centre, England. It is a central hub of the British railway system. It is a major destination for Virgin Trains services from London Euston, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley via the West Coast Main Line, and the national hub of the CrossCountry network – the most extensive in Britain, with long-distance trains serving destinations from Aberdeen to Penzance. It is also a major hub for local and suburban services within the West Midlands, including those on the Cross City Line between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch and the Chase Line to Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley.
The station is named after New Street, which runs parallel to the station, although the station has never had a direct entrance to New Street except via the Grand Central shopping centre. Historically the main entrance to the station was on Stephenson Street, just off New Street. Today the station has entrances on Stephenson Street, Smallbrook Queensway, Hill Street and Navigation Street.
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