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Birmingham International is a railway station in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands of England, just east of Birmingham. It is on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line 14 km (8.7 mi) east of Birmingham New Street railway station. BHI serves Birmingham Airport, the National Exhibition Centre, the Resorts World Arena, and Resorts World Birmingham.

The station was designed by the architect Ray Moorcroft and opened on 26 January 1976.

it has regular train services to many parts of the country.

It was named Birmingham International after the adjacent airport, which had at the time that name but is today called simply Birmingham Airport. A large space under the overbridge next to the southbound platforms suggests an allowance for future station expansion.

In 2016, it was proposed to rename it to Birmingham Airport & NEC, due to the airport's name change and the near presence of the National Exhibition Centre.

The station is managed by Avanti West Coast and is also served by CrossCountry, Transport for Wales and West Midlands Trains. It has five platforms, consisting of two islands and one side platform numbered 1–5 from south to north.

A maglev service ran from the airport terminal to the station from 1984 until 1995. The train "flew" at an altitude of 15 mm over a track 620 m in length. It operated for nearly 11 years, but was scrapped because spare parts for the system were no longer available.

It was temporarily replaced by a bus.
The chosen replacement system, the Doppelmayr Cable Car Cable Liner Shuttle, was announced in late 2000 and construction started in 2001.

The Interchange was opened in March 2003. The system was originally known as SkyRail but in 2004 it was renamed AirRail Link.

The airport can also be reached via a dedicated fast bus service from Coleshill Parkway station, on the Birmingham to Peterborough Line.

Duration of the video: 18:13 - 19:06

We’ll be seeing services by Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, Cross Country, West Midlands Trains & Transport for Wales.

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I really enjoyed my time that I spent at Birmingham International considering it’s a station I’ve never considered train spotting at before but I managed to get a decent amount of variety come through now I would’ve stayed there longer but I had to get a certain time train back to London Euston but hopefully the next time I’ll do Birmingham International again I’ll ensure it’ll be a longer session.

My next station will be Ely which is situated on the Fen Line it’s been a very long time since I last visited there but I’m sure it’s always a good place to come and revisit so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.