Birmingham New Street Train Station

I have travelled to this station for the first time in years with my husband and 2 children (2 and 5). What can I say - it was fine when we arrived and we had no problems. On the return journey it was a different matter. Our train was cancelled and I could not believe that other than on the platforms once you have gone through the ticket check point there are no seats to sit on. The only thing you can do is go to a platform and then have no idea where your train is leaving from, sit on the floor or go into one of the pubs or cafes, or go back out. With 2 children we had to go back out to try and find seats but none were free outside. I ...  Read the complete review

When I passed through Birmingham New Street station the other day, there was a display in the concourse showing a model of the latest new and improved proposals to turn the place into somewhere vaguely fit for human beings. It looked quite nice, if indeed you like the idea of a station that's eighteen inches high and made out of plaster! But seriously, forgive me if at this point I emit some hollow laughter, as we've been here many, many times before, and at the time of writing the place is still a tip. New Street is the largest station in Birmingham, and one of the busiest of all outside London. If you're travelling cross-country, you're very likely to have ...  Read the complete review

Birmingham New Street Train Station is one of the most busy train stations within the UK with long distance services from Glasgow Central running all the way to London going through New Street station and this makes it an excellent train station for many people as it offers you a great point for getting connecting services to all over the country. I have used the train on a few occassions now to travel from Glasgow down to Birmingham and found it to be a very handy train station as it is so centrally placed that you literally walk out of the station and you are in the heart of Birmingham city centre with a taxi rank right outside which offers you a great chance to ...  Read the complete review

I have only used this station once. It is abit unclearly signposted for the exit. First you have to walk past a load of shops inside the station, and I was like, how do I get out? I don't know Birmingham that well so was relying on a friend's directions! The good thing is that it's probably safe to use at night. I think it is always manned, it was when I was there at 9.30pm. It serves Cross Country, Virgin Trains and London Midland. If you want to go to Euston (which is the station I would recommend if you're going to London, I think you can go to Malyborne but it's longer) then I recommend Virgin rather than London Midland. It doesn't call at so many stops, and may go ...  Read the complete review

As someone who has used Birmingham New Street for over a decade now, I thought it would be useful to say a thing or two. Birmingham New Street does have a reputation for not being the most pleasant of stations to look at. This is, however, only true for the actual platforms themselves, and that is only due to it being situated underneath the main 'station' area. (Lots of pipes, noises, grit on display) The station is well laid out with a variety of shops and eating areas (even a pub) on both sides of ticket checkers. There are numerous ticket desks as well as a few automated response machines so, even when busy, you don't usually have to queue for ...  Read the complete review