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Location notes
This is the completely renovated station in Birmingham with a direct connection London.
Railway type and traffic
At Moor Street you can get:London Midland 150,153, Chiltern Railways 165,168,172, and Class 68 local hauled with Mk3 stock (The 68 is usually7 at the country end with the DVT facing London)
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Moor Street, Birmingham
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This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
It is an inner city location, there are plenty of places to shelter. If you want to get on to the platform just let the gate line staff know. Most of the time they will let you on the platform.
Road directions
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Moor Street, Birmingham map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a car park opposite the station.
Public transport
You can access this station by train directly from London or from places such as Dorridge, Worcester or Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Amenities
There are toilets between platform 2 and 3, there is a 'Coffee Hut' by platform 2 as well.
Accommodation
The Birmingham Central Moor Street Travelodge is not far from the station, you can see it from the Station exit.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Moor Street, Birmingham
Streetmap links
Moor Street, Birmingham general view map
Moor Street, Birmingham close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Moor Street, Birmingham
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Moor Street, Birmingham
Googly map
Moor Street, Birmingham general view map
Moor Street, Birmingham close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Moor Street, Birmingham
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Photographic notes
You can take photo all day. But the station faces roughly east west so light will move round during the day. Locos tend to be on the country end of workings which will place them at the barrier end of the platforms.
General views - All photographs © Andre Pronk unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking west
Fig 3 - Looking west
Fig 4 - Looking east - Image © Tim Squires.
From the platform end showing the awkwardly placed signal gantry.
Fig 5 - Looking east - Image © Tim Squires.
Telephoto shot looking east showing a train stabled in the nearby siding - Class 67's are no longer seen here on these duties.
Fig 6 - Looking west - Image © Tim Squires.
Loco hauled train sitting in the platform 3 bay - Class 67's no longer used on these services
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
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