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{{Short description|Railway station in Birmingham, England}}
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{{Infobox station
| name               = Birmingham Moor Street
| symbol_location    = gb
| symbol             = rail
| image              = Birmingham Moor Street exterior (3) May 19.jpg
| caption            = Restored [[grade II listed]] exterior of Moor Street.
| borough            = [[Birmingham]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
| country            = England
| coordinates        = {{coord|52.4787|-1.8919|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name          = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position      = {{gbmapscaled|SP074867|25|SP074867}}
| manager            = [[Chiltern Railways]]
| platforms          = 5 (4 in use)
| code               = BMO
| zone               = 1
| classification     = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] B
| transit_authority  = [[Transport for West Midlands]]
| years              = 1909
| events             = Opened
| years1             = 1914
| events1            = Current buildings completed
| years2             = 1987
| events2            = Station relocated, through platforms opened, terminal platforms closed.
| years3             = 2002
| events3            = Renovated
| years4             = 2010
| events4            = Two terminal platforms reopened.
| mpassengers        = {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 7.274 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 0.404 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 1.556 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 54,741}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 4.384 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 0.184 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 5.526 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 0.335 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 6.417 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 0.401 million}}
| footnotes          = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 14
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'''Birmingham Moor Street''', also known as '''Moor Street station''', is one of [[Birmingham station group|three main]] [[railway station]]s in the city centre of [[Birmingham]], [[England]], along with [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]] and [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Birmingham Snow Hill]].

Today's Moor Street station is a combination of the original station, opened in 1909 by the [[Great Western Railway]] as a [[Train station#Terminus|terminus]] for local trains, and a newer Moor Street station with through platforms, a short distance from the original, which opened in 1987, replacing the original. The two were combined into one station in 2002, when the original was reopened and restored, and the newer station rebuilt in matching style.

Moor Street has become more important in recent years; two of the original terminus platforms were reopened in 2010, and the station is now the terminus of many [[Chiltern Railways]] services from [[London Marylebone]], as well as being an important stop for local services on the [[Snow Hill Lines]]. It is now the second busiest railway station in Birmingham.

==History==
===Earlier history (1909-1987)===
At the turn of the 20th century, suburban rail traffic into Birmingham was growing rapidly. The [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR) greatly expanded their facilities in the city at that time to cope with the demands. [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station|Snow Hill station]], their main station in Birmingham, was extensively rebuilt and expanded. However, the twin tracked [[Snow Hill Tunnel (Birmingham)|Snow Hill tunnel]], which ran underneath the city centre into Snow Hill from the south, did not have enough capacity to accommodate all of the traffic, and widening the tunnel was considered impractical. In order to solve the capacity problem therefore, Moor Street station was built at the opposite end of the tunnel to take terminating local trains from the south and relieve traffic.<ref name=WARR/><ref name=RAB>{{cite web|title=Moor Street Station 1909 - Present|url=http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/moor_street.php|website=Railaroundbirmingham.co.uk|access-date=24 March 2013|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002185227/http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/moor_street.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Moor Street 1915.jpg|thumb|left|Moor Street station in 1915, from end of the platform, looking back towards the city centre, with the goods shed to the left.]]
[[File:Bham Moor St 4 75389 1.jpg|thumb|left|A local train waits at the terminus platforms in 1975.]]
It was a terminus for local trains from {{rws|Leamington Spa}}, and local trains from {{rws|Stratford-upon-Avon}} via the recently opened [[North Warwickshire Line]]. It was opened with temporary buildings in July 1909, and the permanent buildings were completed in 1914. The station was located south of the entrance to Snow Hill tunnel, at the end of a short branch (the Moor Street branch) which connected the station to the main line. It originally had a single 700&nbsp;ft (213 metre) long island platform with two platform faces. A third side platform, 600&nbsp;ft (183 metres) long was added in 1930. The through tracks to Snow Hill running alongside, however, were not provided with platforms.<ref name=WARR/><ref name="DuSt">{{cite web|title=Station Name: BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_moor_street/index0.shtml|publisher=Disused Stations|access-date=15 July 2016|archive-date=18 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818233846/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_moor_street/index0.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Because the station was built on a confined site, it was equipped with two electrically operated [[Transfer table|traverser]]s at the buffer end of the platforms as a space saving measure, in order to allow locomotives to move sideways between tracks, instead of having to reverse through crossovers. The traversers were removed from service in 1967, when all services to the station switched to [[diesel multiple unit]] operation.<ref name=WARR>{{cite web|title=Moor Street Passenger Station|url=http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moorstreet.htm|website=Warwickshirerailways.com|access-date=24 March 2013|archive-date=10 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710222637/https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moorstreet.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms1223.htm|title=Moor Street Station: Ex-GWR 2-6-2T 'Prairie' No 6152 is seen standing on the traverser as it is being moved from platform 2 to platform 1 on the right|website=Warwickshirerailways.com|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310044710/http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms1223.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DuSt"/>

Trains only used Moor Street during Mondays to Saturdays, on Sundays, Snow Hill station was quiet enough to allow the train to terminate there instead.<ref name="DuSt"/>

In 1948, upon nationalisation, Moor Street came under the control of the [[Western Region of British Railways]], transferring to the [[London Midland Region of British Railways|London Midland Region]], in 1963.<ref name="DuSt"/>

Snow Hill station was run down during the late 1960s, and on 4 March 1968 the line between the junction with the Moor Street branch and Birmingham Snow Hill, including Snow Hill tunnel closed, leaving Moor Street as an isolated terminus for local trains. Moor Street itself came under threat of closure in 1969, however five local authorities objected and took the case to the High Court, which sided with the local authorities, preventing closure.<ref name="DuSt"/>

From 1967 until the mid-1970s, Moor Street was at its lowest ebb; the infrequent local trains used Moor Street during peak hours only, at other times they ran to and from New Street. In the 1970s, local services from the station came under the control of the [[West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive]] (WMPTE) under whose auspices service frequencies were improved. From 1975, a regular interval half hourly service was introduced between Moor Street and {{rws|Dorridge}} and {{rws|Shirley|England}}.<ref name="Boynton">{{cite book|last1=Boynton|first1=John|title=A Century of Railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands, Volume Three 1973-1999|date=October 1999|publisher=Mid England Books|isbn=0-9522248-6-0}}</ref>

====Goods station====

[[File:Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station track diagram - 1922.jpg|thumb|Part of a 1922 GWR signalling diagram. The through line from Snow Hill (to the left) is at the top, the goods station at the bottom, and the passenger platforms in the middle.]]

Moor Street was originally provided with a large [[goods station]] situated adjacent to the passenger station, which opened in 1914. The GWR purchased and demolished a number of buildings, including the old [[Public Office, Birmingham|Public Office]] to make way for it.<ref name="WR">{{cite web |title=Moor Street Station: gwrms1714 |url=https://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms1714.htm |publisher=Warwickshire Railways |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327092849/http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms1714.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> It was built using the increasingly rare [[François Hennebique|Hennebique]] technique for reinforced concrete.<ref name="BLB"/> The goods station handled many goods trains which would otherwise have passed through Snow Hill tunnel to the GWR's goods depot at [[Hockley railway station (West Midlands)#Hockley goods depot|Hockley]]. Because it was built in a confined space on a steep gradient, the goods station was built on two levels, with one high level, and two low level sheds. Three [[elevator|wagon lifts]] were provided to transfer wagons to and from the low level sheds. The low level sheds were equipped with electric [[Transfer table|traverser]]s to move wagons between the lifts and sidings where they would be loaded and unloaded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms1210.htm|title=Moor Street Station: In the foreground is the wagon hoist to shed 'B' and in the distance the wagon hoist to shed 'A' both used to lower wagons to and from the low level sheds|website=Warwickshirerailways.com|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090715/http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrms1210.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DuStGoods"/>

A major source of traffic at the goods station was fresh fruit and vegetables, which would arrive at the station in the mornings, and be taken straight to the nearby market in the [[Bull Ring, Birmingham|Bull Ring]]. The goods station was finally closed on 6 November 1972, and the main high-level shed was demolished three years later. The site of the former goods station is now partly occupied by the [[Selfridges Building, Birmingham|Selfridges Building]], and some of the former low-level goods sheds are now used as a car-park.<ref name="WARR"/><ref name="DuStGoods">{{cite web|title=BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET GOODS 1914 - 1972|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/features/birmingham_moor_st_goods/index.shtml|publisher=Disused Stations|access-date=15 July 2016|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204020724/http://disused-stations.org.uk/features/birmingham_moor_st_goods/index.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Moor Street station - through platforms 2598125.jpg|thumb|The two through platforms 1 & 2, looking towards Snow Hill tunnel. These were opened in 1987, but were given a makeover in the 2000s to match the style of the original station]]

===Relocation===

In the mid-1980s funding became available to reopen a station at Birmingham Snow Hill, along with [[Snow Hill Tunnel (Birmingham)|Snow Hill tunnel]]. As part of the reopening scheme, a new Moor Street station with through platforms was built at the southern portal of the restored tunnel. On completion of this project, the original Moor Street terminus became redundant, and closed down. The final train, on 26 September 1987, was a steam special hauled by a locomotive from [[Birmingham Railway Museum]], [[GWR 4073 Class 7029 Clun Castle|Clun Castle]].<ref name="TYS">{{cite web|url=http://www.shakespeareexpress.com/tlw/2885_moor_street.htm |title=Birmingham Moor Street Restoration |publisher=Tyseley Locomotive Works |access-date=21 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725114057/http://www.shakespeareexpress.com/tlw/2885_moor_street.htm |archive-date=25 July 2011 }}</ref> The old platforms were disconnected from the network, and the new through station came into use on 5 October 1987.<ref name="DuSt"/>

In the 1990s the range of services stopping at Moor Street were expanded for the first time since it opened. In 1993, limited stop [[Network SouthEast]] services were introduced from [[London Marylebone]] to Snow Hill via [[Banbury]] and Leamington Spa, stopping at Moor Street, thus making Moor Street a main line station for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Network SouthEast. Year by Year Jan 1993 - Dec 1993 |url=http://www.networksoutheast.net/jan-1993-to-dec-1993.html |publisher=Network SouthEast Railway Society |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103135422/http://www.networksoutheast.net/jan-1993-to-dec-1993.html |archive-date=3 November 2013 }}</ref> This service was taken over by [[Chiltern Railways]] following privatisation. In 1995, the completion of the "[[Jewellery Line]]" project north of Snow Hill, meant that through services to [[Worcester Shrub Hill railway station|Worcester]] via {{stnlnk|Stourbridge Junction}} and [[Kidderminster railway station|Kidderminster]] were introduced.<ref>{{cite web|title=THOSE WERE THE DAYS|url=http://www.stourbridgelineusergroup.info/PDF/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Those%20Were%20The%20Days-1.pdf|work=stourbridgelineusergroup.info|access-date=9 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703161157/http://www.stourbridgelineusergroup.info/PDF/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Those%20Were%20The%20Days-1.pdf|archive-date=3 July 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Restoration===
The original station was not demolished but was [[wikt:mothball#Verb|mothballed]] and allowed to deteriorate. By the late 1990s, the former platforms were overgrown and dilapidated,<ref name="dus87-11">{{cite web |title=BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET - GALLERY 1987 - 2011 |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_moor_street/index24.shtml |publisher=Disused Stations |access-date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217045449/http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_moor_street/index24.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and cracks in the wall were visible from the road side, including some caused by the impact of a runaway bus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/discogareth/8124765884/|title=3220 H220LOM Moor Street Crash|date=26 October 2012|website=Flickr.com|access-date=18 January 2017|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114220817/https://www.flickr.com/photos/discogareth/8124765884/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 1988 the "Moor Street Station Historical Society" was formed to "Save Our Station". Dr Bernard Juby, a medical practitioner from nearby Yardley, became its Chairman and immediately set about campaigning for the station and its warehousing to be [[listed building|listed]]. Large teams of volunteers met each week-end to clean and preserve the various buildings. The existing artefacts were carefully renovated and stored and were subsequently re-used when the station reopened to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moor Street Historical Society reveal plaque to celebrate 20 years of listed building status |url=https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/moor-street-historical-society-reveal-plaque-celebrate-20-years-listed-building-status |publisher=Chiltern Railways |access-date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114003947/https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/moor-street-historical-society-reveal-plaque-celebrate-20-years-listed-building-status |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of their efforts the old station became [[Grade II listed]] in 1998.<ref name="BLB">{{cite web|title=Old Moor Street Station A Grade II Listed Building in Nechells, Birmingham ac|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101375972-old-moor-street-station-nechells-ward#.XN4NGv7QjIU|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114003939/https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101375972-old-moor-street-station-nechells-ward#.XN4NGv7QjIU|url-status=live}}</ref> The inspector from English Heritage had visited the site in 1988 and agreed that both station and warehouses should be Listed, but it took a further 10 years and (with the help of Councillors Sir Stan Yapp and Fred Chapman) a 14,500+ signature petition to [[Birmingham City Council]] before the Secretary of State signed it off.<ref>Minutes of The Moor Street Station Historical Society. Archives, Central Library</ref>
[[File:Moor Street Station - geograph.org.uk - 1906049.jpg|thumb|The station entrance concourse as redeveloped in 2010]]
[[File:Birmingham Moor Street railway station MMB 10 168112.jpg|thumb|A Chiltern Railways {{brc|168}} stands in the newly reopened terminus platform 3]]
In the 2000s, the growth in services on the [[Snow Hill Lines]] again strained capacity through Snow Hill tunnel, and so Chiltern Railways and the Birmingham Alliance decided to restore the original terminus and reopen it, to allow some services to terminate there rather than Snow Hill. Between 2002 and 2003 the original Moor Street station building and platforms were renovated and restored to a 1930s style at a cost of £11 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic city station reopens |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3180512.stm |website=News.bbc.co.uk |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=10 October 2003 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122152540/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3180512.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> However, there was a long delay before the old terminal platforms were connected to the network and opened for service, because of delays in carrying out the necessary signalling work by [[Network Rail]]. Two of the three former terminal platforms, numbered 3 and 4, were reopened for use on 11 December 2010. The third bay platform 5 remains disused.<ref>{{cite web |title=Birmingham Moor Street terminating platforms reopening |date=7 January 2011 |url=https://www.globalrailnews.com/2011/01/07/birmingham-moor-street-terminating-platforms-reopening/ |publisher=Global Rail News |access-date=17 May 2019 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031231905/http://www.globalrailnews.com/2011/01/07/birmingham-moor-street-terminating-platforms-reopening/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TYS"/>

The restoration project also unified the original station and the 1980s station. The main 1980s station entrance was demolished,<ref name="dus87-11"/> and a new passenger access was created to the through platforms using the old station's ticket hall. The footbridge and canopies on the through platforms were also rebuilt to match the style of the original station.<ref name="DuSt"/><ref name="TYS"/>
[[File:Birmingham Moor Street exterior (4) May19.jpg|thumb|left|Station frontage with gilt signage, and canopy, added during restoration]]
Refurbished in 1930s style, the station has reproduction lamps, clock, seating, and signage. The renovation won the Railway Heritage Trust award for 2004 and The Birmingham Civic Society's '''Renaissance Award''' for 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reward for revamped rail station|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4755371.stm|website=News.bbc.co.uk|date=9 May 2006 |access-date=24 March 2013}}</ref>  The station became home to the cosmetically restored second [[GWR 2884 Class]] 2-8-0 No. 2885, which, until being removed on 4 June 2013,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22766494?SThisFB|title=BBC News - Locomotive winched out of Birmingham Moor Street Station|work=BBC News|date=4 June 2013|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114003938/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22766494?SThisFB|url-status=live}}</ref> stood in the disused platform five. Further renovations during 2011–12 included the installation of GWR-inspired gilt signage on the front and side elevations of the station building.

Since the December 2010 timetable change, two of the three south facing bay platforms at Moor Street station are now connected to the network and in use, enabling some of the Chiltern services to and from London Marylebone to terminate at Moor Street instead of Snow Hill.<ref>{{cite news |title=Evergreen Moor Street |url=http://birminghamcentral.blogspot.com/2010/01/evergreen-moor-street.html |website=Birminghamcentral.blogspot.com |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=15 October 2010 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708025127/http://birminghamcentral.blogspot.com/2010/01/evergreen-moor-street.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Local Chiltern stopping services to Leamington Spa will also begin and terminate at the new terminal platforms. Chiltern Railways are engaged in a large-scale redevelopment of their route from London Marylebone to Birmingham with improvements to allow higher speeds.

A fast train service between Moor Street and London Marylebone was introduced on 5 September 2011 using locomotive-hauled coaches, furthering the competition with Virgin Trains' [[West Coast Main Line]] services from Birmingham New Street.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Chiltern Railways' timetable promises faster times |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-12430711 |date=11 February 2011 |access-date=9 March 2011 |publisher=BBC News Oxford |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114003939/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-12430711 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Services ==
{{Snow Hill Lines RDT}}
Moor Street is currently served by [[West Midlands Trains|West Midlands Railway]] who run local services on the [[Snow Hill Lines]], and by [[Chiltern Railways]] who run longer distance services to [[London Marylebone]] via the [[Chiltern Main Line]]:

===Chiltern Railways===
Some Chiltern services start from or terminate at {{rws|Birmingham Snow Hill}}, calling at Moor Street's through platforms, while other services terminate at Moor Street's terminal platforms. Some of the through Chiltern services continue beyond Birmingham to {{rws|Stourbridge Junction}} during peak hours. Trains to Stourbridge ran to/from {{rws|Kidderminster}} from September 2002 to May 2023.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230521082406/https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7682652.mp-at-launch-of-london-train/ MP at launch of London train] ''[[Worcester News]]'' 30 September 2002</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-65484737 Passengers advised new train timetables imminent] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522012039/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-65484737 |date=22 May 2023 }} ''[[BBC News]]'' 5 May 2023</ref><ref>Balancing enhancements with efficiency ''[[Modern Railways]]'' issue 896 May 2023 page 63</ref><ref>Chiltern re-times trains to retain extra midweek peak capacity ''[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]'' issue 983 17 May 2023 page 10</ref>

The typical service pattern is:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timetables.chilternrailways.co.uk/#/timetables/2087/Table%202|title=Timetable - 21 May 2023 - December 2023: London to High Wycombe, Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham|website=Chiltern Railways|access-date=26 May 2023|archive-date=22 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522141338/https://timetables.chilternrailways.co.uk/#/timetables/2087/Table%202|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Marylebone via {{rws|Solihull}}, {{rws|Dorridge}}, {{rws|Warwick}}, {{rws|Leamington Spa}} and {{rws|Banbury}}
*A two-hourly service to Leamington Spa via Solihull, Dorridge, {{rws|Lapworth}}, {{rws|Warwick Parkway}} and Warwick

===West Midlands Railway===
Four [[West Midlands Trains]] services per hour call at Moor Street in each direction, typically running as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Birmingham%20Moor%20Street&crs=BMO|title=Train timetables and schedules {{!}} Birmingham Moor Street|website=West Midlands Railway|access-date=26 May 2023|archive-date=26 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526001928/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/timetables?station=Birmingham%20Moor%20Street&crs=BMO|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3840/download?inline|title=Train times {{!}} Snow Hill Lines - Worcester to Birmingham Snow Hill, Solihull and Stratford upon Avon {{!}} 21 May until 9 December 2023|website=West Midlands Railway|access-date=26 May 2023|archive-date=22 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522115542/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3840/download?inline|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3847/download?inline|title=Train times {{!}} Hereford to Birmingham {{!}} 21 May until 9 December 2023|website=West Midlands Railway|access-date=26 May 2023|archive-date=15 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515191703/https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/media/3847/download?inline|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg|thumb|WMR {{brc|172}} at Moor Street]]
Eastbound:

* 2 trains per hour to {{rws|Whitlocks End}} via {{rws|Shirley|England}}
**of which one continues to {{rws|Stratford-upon-Avon}} via the [[North Warwickshire Line]]
* 2 trains per hour to {{rws|Dorridge}} via Solihull
**of which one continues to Stratford-upon-Avon via {{rws|Lapworth}}
**Two evening West Midlands Railway services run to {{rws|Leamington Spa}}.

Westbound:

* 4 trains per hour to {{rws|Kidderminster}}:
**of which two continue to {{rws|Worcester Foregate Street}}
**Some services reverse or terminate at {{rws|Worcester Shrub Hill}}

On summer Sundays, Moor Street is used by [[steam locomotive]]s running tourist specials between Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon and trains between Snow Hill and Tyseley run by [[Vintage Trains]].

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==Links to New Street station==

[[File:Helicopter - Night Time Photos (8739866055).jpg|thumb|Night-time aerial view, showing Moor Street (bottom left) and New Street (centre-right) stations, separated by the BullRing shopping centre]]

Moor Street station is {{convert|400|yards|metre}} away from [[Birmingham New Street railway station|New Street station]]; the city's main railway station.<ref name="statplan">{{cite web|title=Birmingham New Street Station Map|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/birmingham-new-street-station-plan|publisher=National Rail|access-date=13 April 2017|archive-date=14 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414162209/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/birmingham-new-street-station-plan|url-status=live}}</ref> There is a signposted route for passengers travelling between New Street and Moor Street stations which involves a short walk through a tunnel under the [[Bull Ring, Birmingham|Bullring]] [[shopping centre]]. Although the railway lines into New Street pass directly underneath Moor Street station, there is no track connection. In 2013 a new direct walkway was opened between the two stations making interchange easier.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2013/mar/The-first-half-of-the-new-concourse-at-Birmingham-New-Street-station-will-open-on-28-April-2013/ |title=The first half of the new concourse at Birmingham New Street station will open on 28 April 2013 |publisher=Network Rail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622012036/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2013/mar/The-first-half-of-the-new-concourse-at-Birmingham-New-Street-station-will-open-on-28-April-2013/ |archive-date=22 June 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 November 2013}}</ref>

==Proposed future developments==
[[File:Bordesley chords diagram.jpg|thumb|Simplified diagram of proposed Bordesley Chords. The existing infrastructure is in black, whilst the proposed new chords are illustrated in red.]]
[[File:Disused platform at Moor Street.jpg|thumb|The disused bay platform 5 at Moor Street, if the Bordesley Chords go ahead, this will be reopened, along with a new platform 6 alongside it.]]
Plans are being pursued to introduce new services into Moor Street by constructing new rail connections, known as the [[Bordesley chords]] linking the station to the [[Camp Hill line]], which is currently mostly used by freight trains. The new chords would run into Moor Street's terminus platforms, and would allow a new local passenger service south to {{rws|Kings Norton}} and beyond, including new stations at [[Moseley railway station|Moseley]], [[Kings Heath railway station|Kings Heath]] and [[Hazelwell railway station|Hazelwell]]. This would also allow for new local services into Moor Street on the lines from Birmingham to {{rws|Tamworth}} and {{rws|Nuneaton}} including a new station at {{rws|Castle Bromwich}}. The currently disused third bay platform would be reopened, and an additional new fourth bay platform would be opened to accommodate the new services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Could Moseley to Birmingham trains return to end commuter hell?|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/could-moseley-birmingham-trains-return-11443290|publisher=Birmingham Mail|access-date=20 July 2016|date=9 June 2016|archive-date=15 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715005622/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/could-moseley-birmingham-trains-return-11443290|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=£4Bn West Midlands transport boost unveiled by council leaders|url=http://www.thechamberlainfiles.com/4bn-west-midlands-transport-boost-unveiled-by-council-leaders/|publisher=The Chamberlain Files|access-date=20 July 2016|date=15 June 2016|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624195613/http://www.thechamberlainfiles.com/4bn-west-midlands-transport-boost-unveiled-by-council-leaders/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="railmag">{{cite web|title=Rail renaissance in the West Midlands|url=http://www.railmagazine.com/operations/policy/rail-renaissance-in-the-west-midlands/page/3|publisher=Rail magazine|access-date=3 August 2016|date=14 October 2015|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817092808/http://www.railmagazine.com/operations/policy/rail-renaissance-in-the-west-midlands/page/3|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a West Midlands & Chiltern Routes Study, it is proposed that services to the South West (via Worcester) and the East Midlands (Nottingham and Leicester), will be rerouted into Moor Street from New Street after the construction of the Camp Hill Chords.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/West-Midlands-and-Chilterns-Route-Study-Technical-Appendices.pdf|title=Long Term Planning Process West Midlands & Chilterns Route Study Technical Appendices|website=Cdn.networkrail.co.uk|access-date=9 March 2022|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113022409/https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/West-Midlands-and-Chilterns-Route-Study-Technical-Appendices.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Network Rail have predicted that the number of passengers using Moor Street will grow to 8.9 million per year by 2023, and then to over 12 million by 2043.<ref>{{cite web|title=West Midlands & Chilterns Route Study|url=https://16cbgt3sbwr8204sf92da3xxc5m-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/West-Midlands-and-Chilterns-Route-Study-Final.pdf|publisher=Network Rail|access-date=2 September 2017|page=64|date=August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902050244/https://16cbgt3sbwr8204sf92da3xxc5m-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/West-Midlands-and-Chilterns-Route-Study-Final.pdf|archive-date=2 September 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The [[High Speed 2]]'s Birmingham city centre terminus, [[Birmingham Curzon Street railway station]] is planned to be built adjacent to Moor Street station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Birmingham Curzon Street station|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672459/H1_-_Curzon_Street_Station_v1.4.pdf|website=gov.uk|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114003933/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/672459/H1_-_Curzon_Street_Station_v1.4.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2019, plans were revealed to redevelop Moor Street station which include a new footbridge to link all 6 platforms with the planned HS2 station and two new platforms (5 and 6), this is to get ready for re-routing of services from East Midlands, South West, Worcester and Hereford to Moor Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2019-03-18/plans-revealed-for-major-moor-street-station-redevelopment/|title=Plans revealed for major Moor Street station redevelopment|website=ITV News|date=18 March 2019|access-date=19 March 2019|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114003950/https://www.itv.com/news/central/2019-03-18/plans-revealed-for-major-moor-street-station-redevelopment|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=February 2024}}

On the 26 June 2019, plans were submitted to the Department for Transport to get funding for the £2 billion investment programme known as the Midlands Rail Hub.<ref>[https://www.birminghamupdates.com/more-trains-an-hour-through-birmingham-moor-street-as-part-of-2-billion-midlands-rail-upgrade-plans/ More trains an hour through Birmingham Moor Street as part of £2 billion Midlands rail upgrade plans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114010945/https://www.birminghamupdates.com/more-trains-an-hour-through-birmingham-moor-street-as-part-of-2-billion-midlands-rail-upgrade-plans/ |date=14 January 2023 }}, Birminghamupdates.com; 26 June 2019</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.midlandsconnect.uk/media/1571/midlands-rail-hub-summary-report-final-june-2019.pdf|title=Midlands Rail Hub : Summary Report|date=June 2019|website=Midlandsconnect.uk|access-date=10 March 2022|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626143551/https://www.midlandsconnect.uk/media/1571/midlands-rail-hub-summary-report-final-june-2019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Plans for Moor Street included:
* two new platforms (5 and 6)
* two extra trains per hour to {{rws|Leicester}} and {{rws|Derby}}
* two extra commuter services per hour from {{rws|Kings Norton}} via the [[Camp Hill line]]
* one extra train per hour to {{rws|Nottingham}}
* one extra train per hour to {{rws|Hereford}} via Worcester
* one extra train per hour to {{rws|Cardiff Central}}
* one extra train per hour to {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}

== See also ==
* [[Transport in Birmingham]]
* [[Transport for West Midlands]]
* [[Birmingham Snow Hill railway station]]
* [[Birmingham New Street railway station]]
* [[Chiltern Main Line]]
* [[North Warwickshire Line]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Birmingham Moor Street railway station}}
*[http://www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk Birmingham Civic Society]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050913115110/http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/tlw_moor_street.htm Vintage Trains page]
*{{stn art lnk|BMO|B47UL}}
*[http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/moor_street.php Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands: Birmingham Moor Street railway station]
*[http://warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moorstreet.htm Warwickshire Railways page]
*[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/stat_2.htm Moor Street station]
*[http://www.gwr2.steamrailways.com/stations/bmstrk.png Moor Street railway station layout]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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