Birmingham New Street Closed from 24 to 28 December
Birmingham New Street station will be closed from 24 December to 28 December 2026 inclusive for essential upgrades to the sixty years old overhead lines equipment. There is no train service on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
SLUG has investigated the service pattern for 24, 27 and 28 December and has put together this summary of how services will be running with New Street closed. We have made every effort to ensure that this information is correct. However, we take no responsibility for any errors and recommend that everybody travelling on these three days check their journey details thoroughly before they travel.
Similar closures will take place at New Street station over the Christmas period in 2027 and 2028. More details will be published closer to the date.
The stations highlighted in red below are served by replacement bus services.
Worcester – Smethwick Galton Bridge – Snow Hill – Dorridge/Whitlocks End - Stratford-upon-Avon : A normal service will operate.
New Street – Bromsgrove – Worcester – Hereford : Services will be diverted at Droitwich Spa to/from Snow Hill with stops at Smethwick Galton Bridge, Stourbridge Junction and Kidderminster. Approximately hourly.
Thus, Kidderminster, Stourbridge Junction and Smethwick Galton Bridge will see one extra train per hour in each direction.
Wolverhampton - New Street - Walsall : Hourly all-stations service between Wolverhampton and Sandwell & Dudley.
Shrewsbury - New Street : Hourly slow service between Shrewsbury and Sandwell & Dudley with additional stops at Coseley and Tipton.
Rugeley – Walsall - Birmingham International : Hourly service between Rugeley and Walsall and onto Wolverhampton via Darlaston.
Lichfield Trent Valley – New Street (Cross City North) : No train services will operate.
Bromsgrove/Redditch – New Street (Cross City South) : No train services will operate.
Kings Norton – New Street via Camp Hill line : No train services will operate.
Liverpool - New Street and Crewe – New Street : Hourly service on each route between Liverpool/Crewe and Wolverhampton. Connecting WMR trains operate between Wolverhampton and Sandwell & Dudley.
London Euston – Birmingham New Street : Trains will operate between Euston and Birmingham International.
Newcastle – Reading and Manchester – Bristol : No train services will operate.
Scotland/North East – South West : Hourly service running non-stop between Tamworth and Worcestershire Parkway via the Camp Hill line. All trains stop at Tamworth and Worcestershire Parkway.
Manchester – Bournemouth : Hourly service running non-stop between Wolverhampton and Birmingham International via Darlaston and Stechford.
Nottingham – Cardiff : Hourly service calling additionally at Coleshill Parkway and running non stop between Coleshill Parkway and Worcestershire Parkway via the Camp Hill line.
New Street – Stansted Airport : Hourly service between Coleshill Parkway and Stansted Airport.
Euston – Birmingham – Scotland : Hourly service between Euston and Scotland running non-stop between Birmingham International and Wolverhampton via Stechford and Darlaston. Supplemented by hourly service between Euston and Birmingham International. Connecting WMR trains operate between Wolverhampton and Sandwell & Dudley.
Birmingham International – Aberystwyth/Pwllheli/North Wales : Hourly service between Wolverhampton and Welsh destinations. Connecting trains operate between Wolverhampton and Sandwell & Dudley (WMR) and between Wolverhampton and Birmingham International (Avanti/XC).
The number of buses on each route is shown in brackets. Please note that this is only a guide and actual timings should be obtained from journey planners.
Birmingham International - New Street (non-stop) (6)
Coleshill Parkway - Birmingham International (non-stop) (2)
Coleshill Parkway - New Street (non-stop) (2)
Droitwich Spa - Birmingham Moor Street via all Cross City South stations (1)
Kings Norton - Birmingham International via Camp Hill and New Street (all stations) (1)
Lichfield Trent Valley - Birmingham Moor Street via all Cross City North stations (1)
Redditch – Alvechurch - Barnt Green – Longbridge (1)
Redditch – Alvechurch - Barnt Green (1)
Sandwell & Dudley – Smethwick Galton Bridge - Smethwick Rolfe Street (2)
Tamworth – Wilnecote - New Street (1)
Walsall - Birmingham International via Aston and New Street (all stations) (2)
Worcestershire Parkway - Birmingham International (non-stop) (1)
Worcestershire Parkway - New Street (non-stop) (2)
Worcestershire Parkway – Wolverhampton (non-stop) (1)