Birmingham Airport Trains
Birmingham
International Railway Station is just 500 metres from the airport. There
is a free rail service to and from Birmingham International Airport
which is operated by SkyRail called the Air-Rail Link. It is located in the passenger
terminals and is open from 05:15 to 02:00 and this service
runs every two minutes with the journey to the railway station is
around 2 minutes.
During the daytime there are 9 trains per hour to Birmingham New Street Station (in Birmingham City Centre) with the journey time of between 10 and 20 minutes. Services are less frequent in the evenings and at weekends. A single ticket from the Birmingham Airport to New Street is £3.10
There is a fast ticket machine in the Terminal 1 International baggage reclaim area to buy or collect your train tickets as well as a screen to check train departures time.
There are connections from Birmingham International Railway Station to other parts of the country operated by Virgin Trains and Central Trains.
Trains at Birmingham Airport
If you use Central Trains
make sure you purchase the ticket before boarding the train
as they apply penalty fares if you don´t have a ticket.
Virgin Trains operate a service to London Euston every half an hour. The journey time is around 85 minutes. They offer many more destinations from Birmingham New Street. Again purchase your tickets in advance as tickets paid for on the train are for full price single and return only.
If you want to travel to London Marylebone Station then you can do this using Chiltern Railways. They operate a service via Warwick, Warwick Parkway, Leamington and Banbury.
To use Chiltern Railways
service you will need to get to Solihull Railway Station. There
is a bus (number 966) which runs to the train station from the airport
every half an hour. NOTE that Chiltern Railways do not operate to
or from Birmingham International Railway Station.
You can travel from Birmingham International directly to the National
Exhibition Centre (NEC).
Train Journey Times Birmingham to London
| Birmingham International to London Euston | 1 hour 30 mins |
| Birmingham New Street to London Euston | 2 hours |
| Birmingham to Edinburgh | 5 hours |
| Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly | 1 hour 30 mins |
| Birmingham New Street to Leeds | 2 hours |
| Birmingham New Street to Birmingham International Airport | 10-20 minutes |
Contact for information and tickets
www.nationalrail.co.uk
Telephone: +44 8457 48 49 50
