A cute little train station where it only takes 17mins (to be precise!) to cruise into the centre…read moreof town. The station has recently had a fresh lick of paint, which has really spruced up the place. The ticket office tends to be shut after 6pm, so you will need to go down the ramp and across the bridge to get to the other platform for trains heading towards Brum.

This wonderful railway station feels like home to me. It links this suburb with Solihull, Warwick,…read moreLeamington and London Marlybone in one direction and Moor Street, Snow Hill, Jewellery Quarter and the Black Country in the other. For now the station and ticket office are usually staffed by very polite and helpful employees. There are trains in both directions every 20 minutes during the day but less so in the evenings. The Sunday service is extremely limited. I often joke to people who ask where I live that the best things about Acocks Green is the train line out of there. Obviously, there are many other wonderful reasons to live in this area (hey I'm there for a start!) but I do love that I can be in the city centre in 6-10 minutes. Often I call people that I am meeting in town to say I'm just leaving the house and they worry that I'll be late but I never am.

I have got off the train at this station a few times as a friend of mine lives in Acocks Green. I…read morewas actually quite surprised by how nice the station is. It is very nice and hard to imagine it is in the city as there are a few trees surrounding it and you can imagine that this is somewhere completely different - that is until you leave the station! Every time I have walked through here it has also been very clean and tidy, which is refreshing for a train station. The train from the centre of Birmingham to here does not take too long at all and in my experience it usually takes around ten minutes tops. There have never been many staff around when I have passed through, but I have always been here during off-peak times. Overall, it is a nice little station.

Birmingham International Railway Station is a pretty cool station, considering it isn't…read moreBirmingham's main station, infact it is around a 10-15 minute journey into the city centre (New Street), with this station serving the NEC and Airport, it is in the Solihull borough of the city and should not be confused with New Street (Some of the photos on Yelp appear to be from Birmingham New Street). The station is managed by Avanti West Coast, with five platforms, as far as I'm aware all services call via Birmingham New Street however services also go to major cities such as Manchester, Bournemouth, London, Glasgow and Reading with services provided by Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Trains. The station seemed pretty clean, it is easy to get around the station and access the AirTrain which takes you directly to the Airport, and the walkway which takes you to the NEC and Resorts World. You can continue your journey via the many bus routes which stop right outside, or the Airtrain. There is also a small WHSmith and Subway before the ticket gates which is handy. The staff at the station are friendly and happy to call out, and I look forward to using this station again, it might not be as glamorous as St Pancras / Birmingham New Street but certainly does the job. 4*

A dated train station that could do with an upgrade. Good service to the city centre.read more

This is one of those stations where you are like.......is that it......there is literally a ticket…read moremachine a waiting room and a not so happy to be there guy serving tickets if the ticket office is open. The other thing letting this place down is the shops around it there's hardly anything there either. This is a busy(ish) station at peak times and I dont see why there can't be a little coffee place or at least a vending machine on the platform....wold probably make a killing on cereal bars or breakfast snacks with commuters...if you are reading this national rail.....pull your vending machine finger out :) The trains are mainly on time and can take you towards town and the Jewellery quarter or towards the lakes and stratfrod. If you havent been to The lakes by the way its pretty beautiful for dog walking or a generally relaxing walk. Ill try and get a review in on that soon!

It seems a little odd to review a train station, but when I worked in Stratford I used to come here…read morealmost every day, so I have many fond memories of Yardley Wood station. Actually, they're not all that fond. Quite a lot of them consist of standing in the cold waiting for trains to arrive - which were frequently late. This is, of course, not the fault of the actual train station itself, so I won't hold that against them. What I might hold against them however is the fact that it appears to be a total wind tunnel and there's only 1 or 2 benches to sit on on the platforms. It does have a car park, which is really great, as a lot of people use this station, particularly those in the Kings Heath/ Moseley area of Birmingham as well as Yardley Wood, as there's a particular lack of train stations in that neck of the woods, so the likelihood is that you would have to drive to get to your nearest station. There's also a convenient row of shops opposite, and the ticket office always seemed pretty efficient - any queues would whittle down pretty fast.

Marston Green Railway station is located on the West Coast Mainline, and is run by London Midland,…read morewhich also operates services to Birmingham New Street, Coventry, Northampton, and London Euston stations. There are 2 to 3 services to Birmingham New Street every hour and around 2 to 3 services to Birmingham International every hour, with less frequent services further down the West Coast Mainline. Marston Green station is located on the end of Birmingham International airports runway, which offers great views of arriving and departing aircraft, and there are several bus connections to places surrounding the Marston green area. As the station is located on the west coast mainline, many services pass through at high speed.

Sat waiting for my daughter's train to arrive. The ticket office is closed, toilets are closed and…read moreI've just watched 3 people try to use the ticket machine but it wasn't working properly so they gave up and left the station. Given this experience I'll give 2 stars. I've been before and found the office unattended due to staff being elsewhere.

Once again, an English city that has multiple railway termini because, well, privatised railways…read more Then again, when it was built the only people investing in railways were private companies. However, this station is pretty massive. In fact it is so big that it is really quite easy to get lost in it. In fact, there are like four areas where you go to catch a train, and two of them don't meet (which means you have to exit, and then enter again). Anyway, this station isn't bad, and it even has a pub in it, which is cool.

Birmingham Moor Street might be one of the smaller stations in the city centre, and it might not be…read moreas big, bold and modern, while also lacking the number of railway services compared to New Street, but Birmingham Moor Street just has something I like. Its minimalistic style is beautiful and rather nice, it feels like a traditional old British railway station done well, even down to the platform numbers. It is right opposite the Bullring, I would recommend heading to a store inside there, or perhaps Subway to get some food for the train, as other than a few small stores, there isn't much on offer here especially if you are making a long journey. The station is managed by Chiltern Railways and is the terminus of their route into London Marleybone. Services are also offered by West Midlands Railway. Many of the services from this station are mainly local services, into the likes of Birmingham Snow Hill and Solihull, sadly there are no connections into Birmingham International (For the Airport and NEC). I found the staff at the station to be a little rude and unhelpful, which was a sad first interaction with Chiltern Railways. 3* - Traditional old station with a good feel to it, obviously the lack of services and unfriendly staff do let it down and I will always prefer travelling via New Street, but this isn't a bad alternative.

Berkswell TTrain station is located on the west coast mainline between Birmingham internation and…read moreCoventry. The station serves the small towns around th station, with berkswell being the closest to the station. London midland run the station, and serve the station with 2 to 3 services an hour to Coventry, and Birmingham Stations. They are served with electric trains, and stop at most ofhe local stations between birmingham new street and coventry. All other services on the west coast mainline from cross country trains and virgin pendilino do not stop here, and pass through at high speed. Berkswell station as with some other local stations have seen there platform increased in size to cope with parger trains if nessesary, as there are plans for london midland to enhance rail services. london midland offer connections to other stations in the west midlands at birmingham new street, and coventry to the london area.