Birmingham Snow Hill railway station
Birmingham Snow Hill  
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Birmingham Snow Hill station
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| Location | |
| Place | Colmore Row |
| Local authority | City of Birmingham |
| Coordinates | 52°28′59″N 1°53′56″W / 52.483°N 1.899°WCoordinates: 52°28′59″N 1°53′56″W / 52.483°N 1.899°W |
| Grid reference | SP069873 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BSW |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 3 National Rail 2 Midland Metro |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 4.997 million |
| 2012/13 |
 4.402 million |
| 2013/14 |
4.435 million |
| 2014/15 |
4.538 million |
| 2015/16 |
4.713 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Transport for West Midlands |
| Zone | 1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1 October 1852 | Opened as Birmingham |
| February 1858 | Renamed Birmingham Snow Hill |
| 1871 | Rebuilt |
| 1906–1912 | Rebuilt |
| 6 March 1972 | Closed |
| 5 October 1987 | Rebuilt and reopened |
| 31 May 1999 | Midland Metro opened |
| 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 Snow Hill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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St Chads
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| Midland Metro tram stop | |
The former Midland Metro terminus platforms at Snow Hill, in 1999, closed in 2015.
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| Location |
Colmore Row Birmingham England |
| Line(s) | Line 1 (Birmingham – Wolverhampton) |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | |
| 31 May 1999 | Original terminus opened |
| 24 October 2015 | Terminus closed |
| 2 June 2016 | Current stop opened |
| 1 January 2017 | Stop renamed St Chads |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2015) | Approx. 8,581 daily |
Birmingham Snow Hill is a railway station and tram stop in the centre of Birmingham, England. It is one of the three main city-centre stations in Birmingham along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street.
Snow Hill was once the main station of the Great Western Railway in Birmingham, and at its height it rivalled New Street station, with competitive services to destinations including London Paddington, Wolverhampton Low Level, Birkenhead Woodside, Wales and South West England. The station has been rebuilt several times since the first station at Snow Hill; a temporary wooden structure, was opened in 1852; it was rebuilt as a permanent station in 1871, and then rebuilt again on a much grander scale during 1906-1912. The electrification of the main line from London to New Street in the 1960s saw New Street favoured over Snow Hill, which saw most of its services withdrawn in the late 1960s. This led to the station's eventual closure in 1972, and demolition five years later. After fifteen years of closure a new Snow Hill station, the present incarnation, was built; it reopened in 1987.
Today, most of the trains using Snow Hill are local services on the Snow Hill Lines operated by London Midland, serving Worcester Shrub Hill, Kidderminster, Stourbridge Junction, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Solihull. The only long distance service into Snow Hill is to London Marylebone operated by Chiltern Railways, via the Chiltern Main Line. Snow Hill is also served by the Midland Metro light rail line from Wolverhampton (via Wednesbury and West Bromwich).
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