HS2

Andrew Gwilt   31/10/2016 at 21:38

I do know that Birmingham New Street is nearly completion on the development of the railway station in Central Birmingham but has other stations including Snow Hill and Moor Street also been redeveloped and refurbished as both stations also serve Birmingham City Centre and are closer to New Street. Not to mention the proposed Curzon Street HS2 station.

Noam   01/11/2016 at 16:31

Andrew, Moor St was extensively refurbished in 2003 to coincide with the opening of the Bull Ring, and is a lovely station well worth a visit. Snow Hill is a bit of a dump, built as an afterthought underneath a 1980s office block.

Andrew Gwilt   01/11/2016 at 21:41

Well Birmingham Snow Hill is a dump but it's got such history. Same with Birmingham Moor Street. And it's where trains from London Marylebone, Oxford, Worcester, Cheltenham, Exeter St. Davis and parts of Wales use both Birmingham Snow Hill and Moor Street stations aswell trains from London Euston, Glasgow, Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Streer use Birmingham New Street and some sometimes use Moor Street and Snow Hill stations if it's any Crosscountry train that is traveling from the North to the Southwest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Snow_Hill_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Moor_Street_railway_station

Andrew Gwilt   01/11/2016 at 21:46

And the proposed HS2 station in Central Birmingham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curzon_Street_railway_station

GW   04/11/2016 at 16:26

It was an awful station and it still is an awful station. Try getting off some of the platforms at peak hours. Takes nearly as long as before. Signage is still poor, platform widths are still too narrow in various places and why oh why do we have the split between the high and low numbered platforms at the A ends? Why are there insufficient opening doors near the tram stop? Is it just to make life awkward? This is a shopping centre dressed up as a station - again! One good thing that did appear was a screen with Moor Street departures, but that hasn't worked for the last week.

Dave Winter   05/11/2016 at 18:55

The new Grand Central (aka New Street) station is a bit of a let down. Why design something where you need to go through 2 sets of barriers to access another platform? The only good thing to come out of it is the provision of a free toilet - if you can find it!